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Microfiche 

Series. 


CIHM/ICMH 
Collection  de 
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Ttchnicai  and  Bibliographic  Notas/Notas  tacitniquaa  at  bibliographiqua« 


The  Institute  has  attempted  to  obtain  the  best 
original  copy  available  for  filming.  Features  of  this 
copy  which  may  be  bibliographically  unique, 
which  may  alter  any  of  the  images  in  the 
reproduction,  or  which  may  significantly  charge 
The  usual  method  of  filming,  are  checked  below. 


L'Institut  a  microfilm^  le  meilleur  exemplaire 
qu'il  lui  a  et^  possible  de  se  procurer    Les  details 
d«  cat  exemplaire  qui  sont  peut^tre  uniques  du 
point  de  vue  bibliographique,  qui  peuvent  modifier 
une  image  reproduite.  ou  qui  peuvent  exiger  une 
modification  dans  la  m^thode  normale  de  filmage 
sont  indiquAs  ci-dessous. 


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Coloured  covers/ 
Couverture  da  coulaur 


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Coloured  pages/ 
Pages  de  couleur 


r~l    Covers  damaged/ 


Couverture  endommage* 


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Pages  damaged/ 
Pages  endommag^es 


I      j    Covers  restored  and/or  laminated/ 
I I    Couverture  restaur^e  et/ou  pelliculAe 


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Pages  restored  and/or  lanxinated/ 
Pages  restaur^es  et/ou  polliculAes 


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I I    Le  titre  de  couvertui 


couverture  manqu* 


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Pages  discoloured,  stained  or  foxed/ 
Pages  d^color^es.  tachet^^s  ou  piquees 


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Cartes  gAographiques  en  couleur 


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Pages  d^tachees 


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Encre  da  couleur  (i.e.  autre  que  bleue  ou  noire) 


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Showthrough/ 
Transparence 


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Coloured  plates  and/or  illustrations/ 
Planches  et/ou  illustrations  en  couleur 

Bound  with  other  material/ 
ReliA  avac  d'autres  documents 


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Quality  of  print  varies/ 
QualitA  inAgale  de  I'impression 

Includes  supplementary  material/ 
Comprend  du  matikriel  supplemantaire 


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Tight  binding  may  causa  shadows  or  distortion 
along  interior  margin/ 

Lareliure  serree  peut  causer  de  I'ombre  ou  da  la 
distorsion  le  long  da  la  marge  interieure 

Blank  leaves  added  during  restoration  may 
appear  within  the  text.  Whenever  possible,  these 
have  been  omitted  from  filming/ 
II  se  peut  que  certaines  pages  blanches  ajoutAas 
lors  dune  restauration  apparaissent  dans  le  taxte. 
mais,  lorsque  cela  Atait  possible,  ces  pages  n'ont 
pas  M  filmAas. 


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Only  edition  available/ 
Seule  Edition  dispcnible 

Pages  wholly  or  partially  obscured  by  err&ta 
slips,  tissues,  etc.,  have  been  refilmed  to 
ensure  the  best  possible  image/ 
Les  pages  totalemsnt  on  partiellement 
obscurcies  par  un  feuillet  d'errata,  une  pelure. 
etc.,  cnt  ^ti  fllmAes  i  nouveau  de  facon  A 
obtanir  la  meilleure  image  possible 


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Additional  comments:/ 
Commentairrs  supplAmentaires- 


This  copy  it  a  photoreproduction.  Page  1  is  bound  between  p.  13]  &  [4]  of  preface.  Page  138 
is  bound  in  twice.  Some  pages  are  out  of  focus. 


This  item  is  filmed  at  the  reduction  ratio  chocked  below/ 

Ce  document  est  filmA  au  taux  de  reduction  indiquA  ci-dassoua. 

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The  copy  filmed  h«r«  has  b««n  r«qrodue«d  thanks 
to  th«  gsnsrcsitY  of; 

Memorial  Univertity  of  St  John's 


L'sxsfnptaira  filmA  fut  raproduit  gr^cs  i  la 
g*n4rosit*  da: 

Memorial  Univertity  of  St.  John's 


Tha  imagas  appaaring  hara  ara  tha  baat  quality 
posaibia  considaring  tha  condition  and  lagibility 
of  tha  original  copy  and  in  itaaping  with  tha 
filming  contract  spacificationa. 


Laa  imagaa  suivantaa  ont  tti  raproduitaa  avac  la 
plus  grand  soin,  compta  tanu  da  la  condition  at 
da  la  nattat*  da  I'axamplaira  filmA,  at  an 
conformity  avac  laa  conditions  du  contrat  da 
fiimaga. 


Original  copiaa  in  printad  papar  eovara  ara  fllmad 
baginning  with  tha  front  covar  and  anding  on 
tha  last  paga  with  a  printed  or  illustratad  imprea- 
sion.  or  tha  back  covar  whan  appropriate.  All 
other  original  copiaa  are  filmed  beginning  on  thfc 
first  page  with  a  printed  or  Illustrated  impree- 
sion.  and  anding  on  the  last  paga  with  a  printed 
or  illustrated  impression. 


The  last  recorded  frame  on  each  microfiche 
shall  contain  the  symbol  >-•»(  meaning  "CON- 
T1NUED").  or  tha  symbol  y  (meaning  "END"), 
whichever  appliee. 

Maps,  plataa.  charts,  etc.,  may  be  filmed  at 
different  reduction  ratioa.  Those  too  large  to  be 
entirely  included  in  one  exposure  are  fil'Tied 
beginning  in  the  upper  left  hand  comer,  left  to 
right  and  top  to  bottom,  aa  many  frames  aa 
required.  The  following  diagrams  illustrate  tha 
method: 


Laa  axemplairea  originaux  dont  la  couvarture  an 
papier  eat  ImprimAa  sont  filmte  en  commencant 
par  la  premier  plat  at  en  terminant  soit  par  la 
dmrnitn  paga  qui  comporta  una  ampreinte 
d'lmpreasion  ou  d'illustration.  soit  par  la  second 
plat,  selon  le  cas.  Tous  les  autres  axemplairas 
originaux  sont  filmAa  an  commencant  par  la 
premiere  paga  qui  comporta  una  ampreinte 
dlmpreesion  ou  d'illustration  at  an  terminant  par 
la  darniire  paga  qui  comporta  une  telle 
empratnta. 

Un  daa  symbolee  suivents  apparaltra  sur  la 
domi^ra  image  de  cheque  microfiche,  selon  le 
caa:  le  symbols  -^  signifie  "A  SUIVRE",  le 
symbol*  ▼  signifie  "FIN". 

Laa  eartaa.  planchee.  tableeux.  etc.,  peuvent  itra 
filmAe  i  dea  taux  da  rMuction  diff  Arents. 
Lorsqua  la  document  est  trop  grand  pour  itrm 
raproduit  en  un  saul  cliche,  il  eat  fiimA  i  partir 
da  I'angla  sup4riaur  gauche,  de  gauche  k  droite. 
et  da  haut  en  baa,  en  prenant  le  nombre 
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ebrated is  one  that  must  evqr  rank  among  the  most 
important  of  the  Kiueteenth  Century,  whatever  may  be 
its  present  ajiparent  and  intrinsic  value  in  so  far  as  the  ac- 
tual enterprise  in  itself  may  be  considered,  the  Joint  Special 
Committees  of  the  Common  Council  have  deemed  it  not 
inappropriate  that  the  commepioration  of  this  instance 
of  perseverance,  energy,  )ind  skill  should  become  a  matter 
of  history. 

By  it  the  practicability  of  submerging  a  Submarine  Cable 
of  any  required  length,  and  the  fact,  that  intelligence  caa 
be  transmitted  through  such  Cable,  have  been  demopstrated 
beyond  a  cavil,  leaving  it  only  for  time  to  illiistrato  and ' 
produce,  through  the  inventive  genius  of  this  most  enteiw 
prising  age,  the  nature  and  kind  of  toaterial'  which  shali; 
be  the  beat  and  most  efficiently  adapted  to  resist  the  op- 
posiug  and  corroding  elements  of  nature,  to  crown 'any  ' 
future  efforts  with  the  most  complete  success  in  every 
respect.    ■j_'^-,.   ^' ■'"';;  .-, 

-  The  Committees  hiive,  therelbre,  directed  ft  careful  ac- 
count of  i^  that  might  be  interesting  in  connection  with 
the  celebration  to  be  prepared,  and.  with  the  consent  and 
under  the  authority  of  the  Common  Council,  published 
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to  tbeUylng  of  the  AUantIc  Tdc-raph  Cable  never  was  presented, 
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priotod.lor  *h»  infonnalion  of  tho  public ;  therefore,  be  it 
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X  On  the  5th  of  August,  it  was  announced,  by  a  telpgranhic 
dispatch  from  Newfoundland,  that  the  great  Atlantic 
Telegraph  (.'able  had  been  finally  and  successfully  landed 
at  Tnnity  Bay,  and  that  signals  had  been  transmitted 
hence,  through  the  Cable,  to  Valentia  Bay,  on  the  coast 
'    of  Ireland. 

In  consequence  of  the  foregoing  advices,  the  following 
.      call  for  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen  was  issued  : 

New  York,  August.  7,  1858. 
Sir— -The  President  being  absent,  it  has  been  suggested 
by  several  members  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen  to  make 
certain  arrangements  in  commemofat^on  of  the  successful 
aying  of  the  Telegraph  Cable.  You  are,  therefore,  re- 
quested to  attend  an  informal  meeting  on  Monday,  the  9th 
instant,  at  room  No.  12,  City  Hall,  at  4  P.  M.  ^ 
By  order, 

D.T.VALENTINE, 

Clerk,  \ 
And,  in  pursuance  of  this  notice,  the  Board  convened  on 
the  9th  of  August,  when  the  following  message  from  his 
Honor  the  Mayor  was  received  and  read  : 

Mayor's  Office, 
'■  '    '  New  York,  August  9,  1868. 

i^jPo  the  Honorable  the  Common  Council: 

GENTLEMEN—The  great  work  of  uniting  Europe  with 
America— the  New  with  the  Old  World— by  means  of  the 

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CUM,  nor  WM  the  ceVbration  intomled  to  he  a  manifestation 
of  rejoicing  at  the  mcccan  of  a  private  enterprise;  but  the 
«lCTign  \vu  to  ahow  forth  the  feehng  ninl  appreciation  of 
tho  pubhc  of  a  great  triiimi»h  of  art  and  science  over  the 
obstacles  and  Jinicultii-s  placed  by  nature  in  the  path  of 
«he  ouward  progress  of  human  knowledge  and  skill. 

The  conception  of  the  cnterpriae  was  never  equaled  in 
the  Moals  of  daring  undertakings!).  In  no  records  do  we 
find  fuch  itupendous  obsticles  attacked  ;  and  nowhere  in 
hiftory  do  we  discern  such  unflinching  perseverance  and 
UDcoroprornising  energy  displayed. 

roe  result  has  been  the  cl^ar  dc-^onstration,  that  the 

feat  of  crossing  the  se.as  and  large  oceans  by  n.eans  of 

elegraphic  Cables  can  he  accomplished,  and  already  the 

impctu.  that  has  been  given  to  the  extension  of  telegraphic  * 

com„,un.cat.ons  in  all  parts  of  the  world-thus  annihUat- 

7ZL2     """'  *'°  "*'^"  ^^^^^''^^  ^"  <^'°«-  bonds 

that  time  when  all  men  shall  dwell  together  in  unit^   and 
wars  and  run.om  of  wars  shall  cease  to  be. 

•  Nbw  York,  September,  1858. 


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it  bccoim".,  in  mv  upinicn.  the  authorities  of  this  city  to 
ndopt  ».iit«l)lc  .nca«..rc.  for  a  public  celebration  ot  so 
ifiiportaut  nii  ovt-iit. 

I  have,  therefore,  (iecmed  it  my  duty  to  comniunicatc 
with  your  Honorable  Body,  m  w.;ll  for  the  pui-posc  of 
making  such  recomnieudatiou,  as  to  conj^ratulate  you,  and, 
through  yoti,  the  citizens  of  New  York,  on  the  complete 
triumph  which  superior  energy  and  perseverance  have 
accomplished  in  uniting  together,  by  the  Atlantic  ('able, 
not  only  our  own  city,  bnt  the  whole  of  our  country,  with 
Europe  and  the  greater  jwrt  of  the  civilized  worid. 

The  important  and  beneficial  results  to  our  race  which 
this  great  event  promises  cannot  be  wholly  anticipated ; 
bat  that  it  will  teml  to  the  perpetual  peace  and  increased 
happincM  of  the  two  leading  nations  who  have  joined  in 
the  labor  and  cost  of  the  enterprise,  cannot  bo  doubted, 
while  i(«eit  the  oflftpring  of  science  and  that  civilization 
which  is  founded  on  Christian  principles,  it  announces  to 
th«.  whole  world  the  reign  of  lasting  peace  and  good-will 
to  all  men. 

Our  rity  and  comttry  have  a  right  to  claim  an  ample 
■harp  ill  the  glory  of  this  peaceful  achievement-  The 
genius  of  Fmnklin,  the  patriot  and  philosopher,  lit  the 
way  to  th»<  brilliant  Huccession  of  discoveries  in  electrical 
Mcieuco,  the  most  useful  of  which  is  undoubtedly  the  prac- 
tical Application  of  yiis  noble  clement  to  telegraphic  pur- 
posed by  onr  countryman,  Morse — thus  enabling  the 
actions,  feelings  and  sentiments  of  every  peojde  to  be  com- 
municated toctu-h  other  with  almost  the  rajiidity  of  thought 
•       Oofidct,  the  liiajurity  of  tlito  active  offic«.'rs  of  the  Company, 

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by  whose  public  spirit  and  nobly  cnterpriso  the  «'U«clrir 

chnin  has  been  laid,  are  our 

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own  citizens  and  coiintrvuien. 
names  are  known,  and,  if  we  do  not,  posterity  will 
surely  reward  them.  While  the  noble  ship,  the  Niapani, 
was  generously  tendered  by  our  CJovernnunt  to  aid  ii)  tin- 
important  work,  by  the  consummate  skill  and  sleepless  care 
of  her  connnander  and  other  officers,  und  the  emii-.ent  and 
skillful  gentlemen  on  board  of  her,  the  western  part  of  the 
Cable  was  laid. 

On  an  occasion  likethis,  in  the  celebration  of  such  an 
event,  I  am  sure  you,  on  behalf  of  our  city,  will  act  in  no 
envious  spirit,  and  that  all  who  have  contributed  to  this 
res.dt  will  be  litly  renn-mbered,  and  that  you  will  do  ample 
Justiio  to  both  the  living,  who  accomplished  it,  and  thr 
genius  of  the  past,  which  animated  these  evortions. 

I  most  respectluly  recommend, iu  conchision,  that,  among 
other  r.rrangei.ientH,  the  hospitalities  of  the  city  he  extend- 
ed to  the  officers  of  the  Niagara,  and  of  the  national  vessels 
of  Great  Britain  connected  with  her  in  laying  the  Cable 
as  well  as  to  the  eminent  gentlemen  whose  skill  and  energy 
contributed  to  the  glorious  accomphshn.ent  of  the  work. 

r  would  also  recommend  that  our  citizens  be  requested 
to  illuminate  their  houst-s.  and  that  the  Conunon  Council 
cause  the  public  Luildings  to  be  illuminated  on  the  evening 
of  the  day  you  may  fix  for  the  public  celebration. 

DANIEL  F.  TIEMANN, 

"*  Mayor. 

-  The   following   preamble   and    resolutions   were    then 
offered  by  Alderman  McSpedon,  and  unanimously  adopted : 

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r«.inmnhicat«Ml  to  our  people  of  tlie  snceessful  Inying  of  the 
Atlantic  Cable,  nnd  the  final  triumph  of  this,  the  greatest 
and  buUfcKt  pmjeet  of  the  ap' ;  and, 

ffhrrau.  This  grand  and  proud  event  should  he  every- 
where publicly  aokncwiedged,  and  the  projectors  of  this 
jriffontic  f'nfeq'rise  apprOj»riately  eoiniifended  for  their 
Herculean  labors,  which  so  happily  have  ended  in  a  complete 
•urcrMiind  friuniph  ;  therefore,  be  it 

HiKilrnU  That  the  thaJiks  of  the  Common  ( 'otmcil  are 
eminently  du<?,  and  are  hereby  gratefully  tendered  to  our 
diMtineuichtHl  and  universally  esteemed  fellow-citizen,  Cyrus 
W.  Fi»'ld,  Esrj.,  and  also  to  his  associ-ites  of  the  New  York, 
Newfoundland  and  I^ondon  Telegraph  Company,  and  t-Jieir 
numerotiH  and  valuable  assistants,  to  whom  we  are  indebted 
fur  the  arcomplishment  of  this  wonderful  and  prodigious 
enterprise,  C4»ime<'ling  the  Old  and  New  Worlds,  which  was 
dimmed  by  many  impracticable  and  impossible,  ami  which 
muM  !ea<l  to  great  and  iniportant  ic'.ults  between  the 
two  nations  that  are  now  incalculable,  and  vehich,  it  is 
lielicved,  will  prove  a  muttial  advantage  to  the  civilized 
'  world. 

Rftoltrd,  That,  in  commemoration  of  this  world-renowned 
achievement,  the  ('ommon  Coiiucil  tender  to  the  officers  of 
the  Telegraph  Company,  and  such  other  gentlemen  as  wcfc  ' 
UDgaged  in  this  inconceivably  great  enterprise,  a  municipal 
dinner,  at  auch  time  m  may  b(!  to  them  convenient  and 
Acceptable. 

R(»tlrfd,  That,  in  further  commemoration  of  this  glorious 
•ucccM,  the  City  Hall  be  illuminated,  and  that  suitable 
firaworkt  (or  the  occasion  be  procured  to  give  additional 
exprewion  to  the  general  rejoicing  of  our  entire  commu- 
nity. 


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Rtaolved,  That,  fts  we  owe  tlio  result  of  t»ns  heroic  event 
principally  to  our  own  »elIow-«itizin,  Cyrus  W.  FioM,  Ksq., 
(whose  master-niina,  ener^M  niul  per^overance,  atniil  doubt 
and  disaster,  finally  triumphed),  that  he  he  requested  to  sit 
for  luH  portrait,  to  he  placed  in  the  UcverriorV  roouj,  in  the 
City  Hall. 

lifjolccd,  That  a  Committee  beappointe.1  tocarry  out  the 
foregoing  resolutions. 

I{e.v,lrcd,  That  the  Clerk  of  the  Connnon  Council  cause 
copies  of  the  above  proceeilinffs  to  be  iipproprintely  eii- 
.    grossed  and  furnished  to  each  of  the  officers  connected  wich 
'  the  expedition. 

Ahlernien  IJooh;  n.ove<l  that  the  Special  T'oinnnttee  to  br 
appointed  in  accordnncc  with  the  fongoing  rescdut  ons 
should  consist  of  five,  which  was  carried,  and 

Aldermen  McSpedon,  HofTnure,  Tucker,  Boole  an.! 
Lynes,  were  appointed  to  serve  as  sucli  Committee.  Sub- 
sequently, Alderman  Tucker  resigning,  Aldennau  Owens 
was  appointed  In  Kis  stead. 

The  action  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen  was  concurred  in 
by  the  Board  of  Councilmeu  at  their  regular  meeting  on 
the  evening  of  the  10th  of  August,  as  will  appear  from  the 
lohowmg  extract  froii  the  Journal  of  the  latter: 

"From  rir:  Board  or  Aldkrmen: 
"Communication  from  his  Honor  the  Mayor,  with  pre- 
amble  and  resolutions  expressive  of  thanks  to  Cyn.s  W. 
Field,  Esq.,  and  his  associates  in  laying  the  Atlantic  Tele-' 
graph  Cable,  and  tendering  to  liim  and  the  officers  of  tho 
Telegraph  Company  a  municipal  dinner,  at  such  time  as 
may  be  convenient  to  them ;  also,  appointing  a  Special  Com- 
mittee to  carry  otit  the  resolutions. 


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Boa,  riiid  nirktor.l  wen-  apiM.iiit.-.l  sii.-l,  Comiiiitt.'..." 

On  thv  -^Oth  "<"  l>er.MnWr,  l<-'>^,  rl.r  .TMiiir  Si.c-ial  Cmi- 
rniltw  ma»fc.T]ir  followiiii?  report : 

^  ThJ»Sp<*ci;iI  Cominittotdappnintrd  by  tli.W  'oiiiinon  Coun- 
cil to  nrnitigc  and  8upt'rviH<'  tlir  crlrhration  in  honor  of  the 
mcrcMliil  layiiiL'of  the  Arlantic  Teleirrapli  Cahlo,  by  appro- 
iirwteren-nionirH,  an.l  a  nmiiiripal  .linner  in  honor  of  Cyrus 
W.  Vu-U\  mid  others  who  had  h«*en  en^a^ed  in  the  uiider- 
takum,  in  aecordance  with  resohitioiis  of  Otli  and  lOth  of 
Augutkt,  wuuhl  rt'«pect fully 

-      ItEPORT: 

That,  with  a  full  apprcciaiioii  of  the  luatrnitude  of  the 
j?rc4it  wj.rk,  whotM-  recent  Huccessful  termination  it  was  the 
denign  of  the  Couuiion  Council  to  celebrate,  the  Conunitteco 
enteral  with  enrri^*  and  great  interest  upon  the  duties 
AMi^Tind  Ui  th<-ni. 

Thev  fully  realized  that  it  was  no  ordinary  occasion  they 
were  called  u{H)n  to  honor;  it  was  one  calling  fortli  the 
admiration,  the  wonder  and  the  enthusiasn»  of  the  whole 
world  ;  one  in  which  nuieh  of  the  future  welfare  of  tlu^ 
entire  human  rac^  was  concerned  ;  an  aciiievement  so  vast 
'it  the  most  sanguine  liad  been  surprised  by  its  success; 
for  by  intloinitable  will,  energy  nnd  perseverance  the  elec- 
tric fluid,  whone  mighty  force,  \nitil  the  time  of  the  great 
Franklin,  had  been  held  in  awe  and  looked  upon  in  tenor, 
and  which  ha4l  been  chained  and  turned  to  subserve  the  pur- 
paw^  of  man  by  Mortk*,  was  now  nia«le  by  I  leld  to  bridge 
the  broad  Atlantic,  and  by  its  silent  influence  to  annihilate 
the  distance  that  separates  us  from  our  brethren  beyond  the 


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The  luiraolo  of  this  aur«^  of  niimrlos  Imd  boon  wnuiirlit ! 
What  miiul  can  conoiMv«»  the  niiirhty  offin  ts  to  flow  from 
this  pmctiral  <].>nionstr«tion  of  the  powiT  of  inmi  o\»?r  the 
f^nbth-  oh'monty  Who  can  f<»retoll  thcchaMiios  it  is  dostineii 
to  w<.rk  in  the  polity  of  the  world  ?  And,  will  it  not  mark 
the  oiHnmiruemcnt  of  an  era  of  :  hr  most  serious  revolutions 
— revolutions  thut  flirougli  its  means  will,  in  all  probabil- 
ity, be  as  bloodless  as  they  will  be  important  and  startlini^ 
by  their  rapidity  and  extent! 

These  arc  questions  that  have  oeenpied  the  public  fjiind 
Rinre  the  nimouncem<'nt  that  the  Atlantic  Telepraph  CaWe 
had  be<'n  finally  and  safely  landed  at  Trinity  liay,  and  the 
universal  interest  in  the  niatter  has  been  fully  a'ttest«'d  bv 
the  intense  enthusiasm  that  has  pervaded  all  classes 
throughout  the  whole  Tnitcd  States  and  the  British  poa- 
sessioijs. 

The  most  immediate,  and,  for  the  present,  important 
influence  of  this  great  triumph  of  mind  and  genius  over  the 
moL't  formidable  obstacles  of  nature,  so  far  as  our  own  city 
is  concerned,  is  necessarily  that  wJuch  it  will  have  upon, 
commerce ;'  nvA  upon  the  trade  of  New  York  depends,  in 
a  material  measure,  the  .prosperity  aiid  advancement  of 
that  of  the  TTnion.     In  all  commercial  matters  New  York 
is  regarded  as  the  exponent  of  our  people ;  it  is  ever  ex- 
pected to  take  the  initiative,  and  its  enterprise  is  relied 
upon  in  the  execution  of  great  achievemeutR.     The  prid*' 
of  New  York  is  the  pride  of  the  nation,  and  it  therefore 
behooved  the  Committcoa,  in  carrying  out  the  instructions 
and  designs  of  the  Common  Council,  to  do  so  in  a  manner 
that  should  prove,  not  only  satisfactory  to  your  Honorable 
Body,  but  also  in  a  manner  that  should  bo  worthy  of  this 
great  metropolis— to  whoso  citizens  and  their  enterprise 

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the  conception,  the  attempt,  ami  the  successful  issue  of 
thit,  the  greatest  midertakinp  of  the  nineteenth  century, 
arv  to  so  great  an  extent  clue — and  make  the  celebration 
one  that  ihould  mark  tlic  estimation  in  which  the  acconi- 
pliahment  of  this  great  event  is  held  by  this  community. 

Upon  the  fact  being  fully  established  'I.at  the  Old  World 
had  in  reality  been  joined  in  union  to  the  New  by  the  bonds 
of  the  great  Atlantic  Cable,  the  Committees  deemed  it  in- 
nimbcnt  upon  theni,  in  following  their  instructions,  to 
celebrate  by  public  rejoicings  the  landing  of  tbe  Cable, 
n-tcn  ing  the  general  demoustration  until  such  time  as  Mr. 
Field,  and  the  others  who  had  taken  part  in  the  great 
work,  could  participat*'  therein.  They>  therefore,  deciued 
that  upon  the  transmission  of  the  President's  reply  to  a 
mca«age  that  it  was  unders+jod  would  be  forwarded  to 
him  by  the  Queen  of  Great  Britain,  u  grand  salvo  of  one 
hundred  guns  should  be  fired  at  the  Park,  and  national 
saluU-s  at  the  IJuttery  and  at  Central  Park  ;  also,  that  on 
the  evening  of  the  same  day  the  City  Ifall  and  other  pub- 
lic buildings  shcnid  be  illuujinated,  and  that  tar-barrels 
•hould  be  burned  at  the  Battery  and  at  various  points  along 
the  North  and  East  Rivers. 

They  aiso  provided  for  a  handsome  and  appropriate  dis- 
play of  fireworks  to  take  place  in  front  of  the  City  Hall, 
*rcompanied  with  music  by  Dodworth's  brass  band. 

The  occupants  of  buildings  in  the  vicinity  of  the  Park 
werodso  requcstetl  to  illu'.ninntc  them  on  the  sa.ne  even- 
log,  which  request  was  veiy  handsomely  complied  with 

The  salutes  were  conducted  by  the  Scott  Life  Guard 
under  orders  fron.  General  J.  H.  Hobart  Ward,  on  the 
17th  of  August,  at  noon,  in  handsome  style,  and  without 
aootdent.    The  Guard  also  fired  a  salvo 'of  one  hu      ed 
guns  at  sunmc  of  the  same  day. 


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The  pyrotechnic  (hsplay  was  furnishod  bv  J.  K.lgc,  Jr., 
and,  together  with  the  music,  afforded  very  generall  satis- 
faction to  the  public. 

It  is  a  matter  of  ver}'  serious  regret,  however,  that,  not- 
withstanding the  extraordinary  precautions  against  acci- 
dent taken  by  the  Conunittees,  fire  was,  by  some  means, 
communicate<l  to  the  cupohi  of  the  City  Hall,  and  the 
upper  part  of  that  noble  edifice  destroyed. 

It  being  undert^tood  that  there  would  be  a  grand  cele- 
bration throughout  (ireat  Britain  on  the  occasion  of  the 
laying  of  the  Atlantic  Cable,  it  was  considered  desirable 
that  the  festivities  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic   ehouhl 
take  place  upon  the  sanu'  day,  if  possible  ;  bui  not  being 
aware  of  the  precipe  time  f.xrd  upon  on  the  oth.-r  side  of 
the  oct-an,  the  Committees,  after  consultation   with  Mr. 
Field   and  his  Honor  the  Mayor,  concluded  to  concur  in 
the  opinion  of   the  former,  that   the   Ist  of  Septendjer 
would  be  the  most  suitable  day  fortius  grand  celebration, 
and  that  the  dinner  should  take  place  on  the  day  following. 
Mr.  Field's  further  suggostiou,  that  u  dispatch  should  be 
sent  to  the  Lord  Mayor  of  L,mdon,  informing  hira  of  the 
selection  of  that  day,  so  that  the  cities  of  K.uopo  might 
tune  the.r  rejoicings  to  take  place  simultaneously  with 
our  own,  wa«  also  adopted,  and  notice  to  that  eflect  wa. 
forwarded  to  the  Lord  Mayor  of  London,  bv  a  telegraphic 
dispatch  from  Ids  Honor  Mayor  Tiemann. 

After  several  meetings  and  due  consi.leration,  the  Cmu- 
mittce  resolved  upon  the  following  onler  of  proceedings 
to  be  observed  in  honoring  the  occasion  : 
"  A  reception  by  the  Mayor  and  civic  authorities,  at  the 
Battery,  of  Mr.  C.  W.  Field,  Captain  Hudson  and  other 
officers  who  had  been  engaged  in  the  laying  of  the  Cable. 


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'It'rine  wliirh  n  snlvo  of  ono  hiiii<i.-  *  cTnns  should  l»"  firod 
at  tlif  KatfiTV,  mu]  Mlutis  tVom  the  City  Hall  ami  (N'litral 
Park;  fo  Iw  lollowril  l»y  a  irrarifl  ]»iOC«'ssinn.  ctMisisting  of 
tl»«'  jru«i»tH,  rnit('(}  States  military  ami  naval  ofTicers  on 
tlir  Kiation.  tlio  military  and  firo  dcjiartments,  rivii  aiithor- 
itir«.  Ko.ictirM,  trades,  «.tc.,  to  proroed  fo  tlir  Crystal  Palace, 
when*  ;ipnro[)riuto  nddrossft*  and  testirnonials  should  b(.' 
prfM'iitrd  to  Cyrus  W.  Fiold,  Captaitis  Hudson,  of  the 
NJHLMra,  Prri'dy,  of  the  AiranietmuMi,  and  Dayman,  of  the 
(tort'on,  ntid  to  Knirinrrr  W.  I'.  Kvrrett.of  the  U.S. Navy, 
J»»ir«'thi'r  with  addresses  to  Captain«  Adluni,  of  the  Valorous, 
mid  ruter,  of  the  PoreupifH',  and  Knijineer  Woodhouse,  of 
the  Knglish  Navy  (all  of  whom  had  been  engaged  in  the 
^ri'tlX  work),  tuid  to  th"  New  York,  Newfoundla.id  and 
I.ond/iii,  and  the  Atlantic  Teleprajdi  Companies. 

Mrs.  Ann  S.  Siephens  havinij  kindly  prepared  a  com)Ie 
of  odeHMiiitahle  to  the  oerasion,  and  the  Harmonic  Society 
havini;  pertemuHly  profiered  the  services  of  their  extensive 
,  mid  excellent  choir  to  perform  the  s.ime  at  the  Crystal 
I'ulace,  it  was  proposed  that  the  ceremonies  should  be 
vnrie<l  not  only  by  instrumental,  but  also  bv  vocal  music, 
into  whicJi  Bh<»uld  be  introdiiced  the  odes  of  Mrs.  Stephens, 
inpether  with  appropriate  extracts  from  oratorios,  &c., 
and  the  oflir  of  the  Harmonic  Society  was  accepted  for 
the  |HTformnrice  of  this  part. 

Tlie  fc'ftivities  to  conclude  with  a  irrand  torchlight  pro- 
rowiion,  to  be  <omponed  of  the  firemen  of  New  Ycuk  and 
mieh  wicietieu  n«  chose  to  nHsist  therein,  to  niarch  fronj  the 
Polare  to  the  City  Hall,  where  a  i.rilliant  and  unsurpass.'d 
dinplttv  of  fireworkH  wua  generously  proposed  by  Mr.  G.  A. 
LilliendohJ.  to  be  prepared  at  his  own  expense,  as  a  fitting 
finale  to  the  rejoicings  of  the  day. 

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The  rcsldonts  and  otiirrs  alonir  tlio  lino  of  the  roiiti*  of 
torchlight  pror«'ssiou  wcro  also  rrquestrd  to  illnniiimtr 
their  V     '  'inirs,  nn«l  thus  atM  to  thr  urncrol  ofKrt. 

Ill  ^  ..  mnoo  of  the  instructions  to  th»'  ('omniitto»»,  it 
was  (lotorrniurd  that  tho  municipal  dinnrr  to  hi*  pivon  to 
^Ir.  FioM,  Captain  IlndfsoM  aii'l  tho  others  who  had  par- 
ticipate i  in  the  anhions  tuulcrtukinir  of  snhniorj^ing  the 
cahh',  shonhl  take  p1ao«'  on  tho  2d  of  S»>pt«'ndM'r,  at  thf 
Metropolitan  Hotel,  to  ho  !;ot  np  in  a]>propriato  stylo, 
and  tliat  snch  trucsts  should  bo  invit«'d  as  hy  their  j)resenco 
would  assist  in  rondorinir  the  fete  one  worthv  <»f  tho  groat 
occasion  intended  to  bo  coniiuonioratcd. 

^fr.  J.  W.  Hndfield  having  also  pt'neronKlv  oflbred  to 
furnish,  jjrutnitously,  a  handsome  pyrotcv-lmic  display, to  bo 
exhibited  at  tho  Park,  his  offer  was  accepted  and  the  exhi- 
bition set  for  the  same  oveninir. 

All  these  dispositions  wore  made  known  to  tho  parties 
more  immediately  interested,  and  their  approval  and  readi- 
ness to  co-operate  in  the  s;ime  8ii;nilied  to  the  Com init tees. 

Wishing  to  make  tho  celebration  ar?  universal  or  possi- 
ble, the  dilTercnt  cities,  towns  and  villages  throtjghout 
the  United  States  and  British  possosjions,  were  notified 
that  tho  day  therefor  was  fixed  for  the  1st  of  Septem  or, 
and  they  were  requested  to  have  their  respective  festivities 
take  place  simultaneously,  which  request,  so  far  as  your 
C'euimittce  have  as  yet  learned,  was  eomplitd  with  wher- 
ever any  ovation  was  ina(]o. 

The  President  and  Vire-Prosident  of  tho  llr-ited  States 
and  fabinet,  (lovernors  of  States,  officers  of  our  own  State 
and  city  Government,  IT.  S.  naval  and  military  offieerH 
ou  this  station,  Captain  Dayman  and  officers  of  IF.  B.  M. 
steamer  Gorgon,  Rear  Admiral  Sir  Houston  Stewart  and 


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the  principal  officers  of  his  flag-ship  Indus,  foreign  Minw- 
tcni  at  the  Federal  Capitol  and  Consuls  at  this  city,  Mayors 
and  Bis'-  v»  of  the  various  cities  of  Canada,  Newfoundland 
ond  New  Brunswick,  together  with  such  members  and  ex- 
menibers  of  the  Federal  legislative  body  as  had  contributed 
in  any  niewmre  towards  the  success  of  the  enterprise,  and 
many  other  distinguished  individuals,  were  invited  to  take 
part'iii  the  festivities  of  the  Ist  of  September  and  to  par- 
ticipate of  the  dinner  of  the  day  following. 

The  Committ4!e  regretted  that  his  duties  prevented  Rear 
Admirul  Sir  H.  Stewart  from  visiting  New  York  at  that 
time;  but  he  was  ably  represented  by  Flag-Lieut.  Aug. 
Kingston,  who,  together  with  four  of  the  officers  of  the 
Indus,  Captain  Dayman  and  the  officers  of  the  steamer 
Gorgon,  were  received  by  the  Committee  upon  their 
arrival  from  Halifax,  with  all  due  attention,  and  tendered 
the  freedom  and  hospitalities  of  the  city. 

Some  of  the  most  gifted  of  America's  talented  sons  were 
requested  to  prepare  addresses  to  be  delivered  at  the  Crystal 
Palace  to  the  gentlemen  designated,  and  the  request  was 
most  kindly  and  cordially  complied  with,  while  others  who 
were  called  upon  to  take  part  in  the  other  ceremonies  at 
the  Palace  and  >\t  the  dinner,  ac(piie8ced  with  great  alacrity 
and  cheerfulness. 

A  Bpcc'ial  messenger  was  dispatchod  to  Washington  to 
deliver  the  iuvitations  to  the  high  Federal  authorities  as  an 
attention  due  to  their  position. 

lu  view  of  the  great  benefits  to  be  conft-rred  upon  the 
causa  of  Christianity  as  \v«ll  <i8  upon  civili7atiou,  through- 
out the  world,  by  meaiiH  of  this  great  applicHtiou  of  tiiif 
discovery  of  Morse,  the  trustees  of  Trinity  Church  volun- 
teered to  join  in  the  festivities  of  thr  1st  September  by 
having  ihc  beautiful  choir  and  splendid  organ  ot  that  church 


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perfonn  a  grand  "  To  Deuni,"  to  which  the  authorities 
were  invited,  tinder  the  direction  of  the  Rev.  F.  Ogilby, 
Rector,  the  edifice  being  at  the  time  liandsomely  and  appro- 
priately decorated. 

The  Committee  feel  greet  pleasure  in  reporting  to  your 
Honorable  Body  the  extremely  satisfactory  manner  in 
which  the  entire  progi-amme  was  carried  otit,  not  ft  single 
accident  occuriing  to  mar  the  enjoyment  of  the  festal  ar- 
rangements, and  they  flatter  themselves  that  in  the  execu- 
tion of  the  designs  and  instructions  of  the  Common  Council, 
they  have,  as  was  the  intention,  maintained  the  character 
of  New  York  for  generosity  in  recognizing  and  rewarding 
merit,  gonius  and  enterprise.  As  the  great  representative 
of  our  Union,  she  could  do  no  less  than  make  the  celebra- 
rion  we  have  had  the  honor  to  superintenu,  in  a  manner 
commensurate  with  the  vastness  of  the  scheme  whose  suc- 
cessful accomplimliincnt  it  was  intended  to  commemorate, 
and  i)  which  she  is  so  intimately  and  immensely  inter- 
ested 

To  Brigadier-General  (Charles  Yates,  who  kindly  con- 
sented to  act  as  Grand  Marshal  of  the  day,  is  mainly  due 
the  credit  for  the  orderly  and  pleasant  manner  in  which 
the  procession  passed  off,  its  excellent  arrangement  having 
been  entirely  plaimed  by  him  ;  and  much  praise  must  be 
accorded  to  the  Chief  Engineer,  Henry  H.  Howard,  of 
the  Fire  Department,  who,  as  marshal  of  the  evening, 
arranged  and  superintended  the  admii-ablo  torchlight  pro- 
cession, which  has  never  been  surpassed  in  this  city,  and 
whioh  formed/  the  escort  from  the  Crystal  Fiilaco  to  the 
City  Hall  on  the  night  of  the  Ist  of  September.  To  both 
of  these  gentlemen  the  Committees  feel  tl.  aisclves  greatly 
indebted  for  their  valuable  assistance,  and  would  beg  to 
express  their  acknowleugments  therefor. 


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i,.g«  nmv  your  Con.mitiee  oxpnss  their  hope  that  this 
wonderful  achioven.cnt  of  tlif  pro.-re8^iveue88  ot  the  nine- 
tc-nth  ceuturv  may  i»rove,  not  only  the  prototype  of  eter- 
nal noion  brtween  the  nations  that  it  links  together,  the 
harbingrr  of  universal  peace  and  destroyer  of  war,  but  also 
that,  under  the  blessing  of  that  Divine  Providence  which 
has  'so  signally  favon-d  our  generation  in  permitting  its 
acroniplishmeut  in  this,  our  day,  it  shall  be  the  means  of 
fh.'dding  ligiit  to  the  benighted,  of  bestowing  the  blessings 
uf  Christianity  upon  the  heathen,  and   of  bringing  the 
whole  world  t«g«!ilirr  into  those  bonds  of  love  and  brother- 
100*1  conducing  tmto  the  "  perfect  end,"  and  so  shall  the 
names  of  Franklin,  Morse,  and  Field  ever  descend  to  future 
gom-rations,  to  bf  breathed  together  with  reverence  as  pre- 
eminent among  the  benefactors  of  the  huniaa  race. 

In  conclusion,  your  Committee  would  state  that  they 
have  exercised  every  economy  lonsist^jnt  with  the  scale 
upon  which  it  was  ui-sirablc  that  the  celebration  should  be 
conducted,  and  the  expenses  have  bueii  considerably  de- 
creased by  the  generosity  of  sundry  public-spirited  iodivid- 
uals,  to  whom  due  acknowledgments  should  be  made. 
Your  Committee  would,  iu  this  connection,  mention 

Oust.  A.  Lilliendahl,  and  J.  W.  Hadfield,  for  their  gra- 
tuitous and  splendid  displays  of  fireworks  at  the  City  Hall ", 
the  former  on  the  evening  of  Wednesday,  September   I 
and  the  latter  on  the  evening  of  the  succeeding  day  ; 

\V.  Hall  and  others,  lessees  of  the  Crystal  Palace,  for  ♦*  .  .r 
kindneas  in  furnishing  the  use  of  the  Palace  fc  .  c  Cele- 
bration on  the  Ist  September,  free  of  charge  ; 

The  Harmonic  fViciety,  for  their  services  in  "  diacoursing 
twcct  LQuiic**  at  the  Crj-stal  Poiace,  on  the  Iht  September;^ 


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Commodore  L.  Kearney,  Commjindnnl  of  tlu'  Now  York 
Navy  Yard,  lor  his  kind  tender  of  llaus,  and  for  the  uso  of  a 
band  of  music  furnished  for  the  profession; 

Superintendent  Tahnadgc  and  Conuni.«»ioner8  of  I'olico, 
for  their  courtesy  in  detaihng  police  forces  at  the  request 
of  the  Couiinittees  ; 

Adjutant-General  F.Townsond  and  ('oinniissMry-(;cneral 
Ward,  for  their  promptitu.le  in  furnisliing  atnniunilion  and 
detailments  for  the  salvos  aiul  srdutes;  and 

Bouclu:'  Fils  &  Drouet,  for  a  present  of  fifteen  baskets  of 
champagre,  to  he  used  at  the  dinner  at  the  Mctropolitftu 
Hotel  ; 

The  different  trades  and  soc.  *JC8,  for  their  assistanct^ ' 
generally  in  giving  eclat  to  the  display  on  the  first  of  Sei>- 

tember. 

To  R.  W.  Lowber,  Esq.,  the  Conunittees  w«.uld  tender 
their  mo?t  sincere  thanks  and  warmest  acknowledgments 
for  his  very  kind,  cITicioKt  and  valuable  aid  throughout  the 
whole  period  of  their  active  diities. 

Notwithstanding  the  generous  contribtitions  mentioned 
in  the  foregoing,  the  expenses  have  necessarily  been  large, 

.  and  the  Connuittee  estimate  that  the  sum  of  twenty-five 
thousand  dollars  will  be  reiiuisite  to  satisfy  the  same,  the 
which  sum  they  would  rcqnc«*t  should  be  appropriated 
therefor  by  the  adoption  of  the  annexed  resolution. 

■  (The  Committee  would  respectfully  add  that  an  extcnde«l 
report  of  the  celebrations,  with  an  account  of  all  mattem 
of  interest  connected  with  the  Atlantic  Cable,  will  be  pro- 
pared  in  book  form  in  the  course  of  a  short  time,  and  pre- 
sented for  the  approval  of  the  Common  Council. 

Resolved,  That  the  sum  of  twenty-five  thousand  dollnn* 


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THOS.  McSPEDON,  )   Committee  or, 
HENHY  HOFFMIRE,       Celebration, 
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JOHN  LYNES,  Board  of 

JA^tES  OWENS,         )      Aldermen. 
T    A.  DUNN,  1    Committee  on 

S.*  A.  BUNCE,  [Cchbratwn^of 

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•  In  nccordance  with  the  intimation  contained  in  the  last 
clause  of  the  report  of  the  '♦  Joint  Spociul  Committee  on 
Celebration  of  the  snccessfiil  Laying  of  tlie  Atlantic  Tele- 
graph Cable,"  tlu!  following  extended  report  of  the  pro- 
ceedings had  in  that  matter,  together  .with  the  various 
remarks  and  interesting  details  connected  therewith,  is 
respectfully  submitted  to  the  Honorable  the  Common 
Council  of  the  city  of  New  York,  t>y 

CHARLES  T.  McCLENACHAN, 
Secretary  to  (he  Joint  Special  Committee  on  Cclrhralion,  Sf^. 

New  York,  December  25,  1868. 
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ABorr  NOON  on  the  6th  of  August,  I858,  !nt<*lligence 
was  received  in  the  city  of  New  York  of  the  successful  ac- 
complishment of  an  enterprise  in  which  the  tleepest  inter- 
est had  been  manifested  by  all  classes  of  the  community — 
namely,  the  submerging  of  the  Electric  Cable  for  telegraphic 
purposes  between  the  continents  of  Europe  and  America. 

The  first  announcement  was  made  by  Mr.  Cyrus  W. 
Field  to  the  Mayor  of  New  York  City  in  the  following 
words: 

"  Trinit  '  Bay,  August  6,  1868. 
"  Maxjor  of  New  York  : 

»•  Sir— The  Atlantic  Telegraph  Cable  has  been  success- 
fully laid. 

"  C.  W.  FIELD." 

To  which  his  Honor  replied  : 

••  Mayor's  Office, 
"Nrw  York,  August  G,  1868. 
•*  To  Cyrus  W.  Field,  Esq.,  Trinity  Bay  : 

"  Sm — Your  dispatch  has  been  received.  I  congratulate 
you  for  myself  and  for  the  people  of  this  city  on  the  suc- 
cess of  the  great  work  of  uniting  together  the  Old  and  the 
New  World  by  tfie  electric  telegraph.  Science,  skiM  and 
perseverance  have  finally  triumphed. 

••  DANIEL  F.  TIEMANN, 
*        '  ♦'  Mnyar  of  New  Ycrk." 


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The  Hlow■n^  teLgrapLic  ,ii»l.atch  ««  received  on 
Jlc  ,l.y.  a '.  giv-n  .0  the  public  througl,  the  „,ed,um 
of  the  various  jour.jals : 

DISPATCH    FltOM    MK.   CTKUS   W.    FIELD. 

"  Trinity  Bay,  August  6, 1859. 

"  To  the  Anociattd  Fress,  New  York  '       ^        ^  ^ 

uThc  Atlantic  Telegraph  floet  sailed  fron.  Queenstown 
00  Saturday.  July  17;  .net  at  n.id^cean  on  WedncBday, 
l2Sth,andu.ade  the  splice  at  1,  P.  M.,  on  Thursday 
the    29th,    and  then    scparated-the    Agamemnon    and 
Valov^u.  bound  to  Volentia,  Ireland,  and  the  Niagara  and 
Ooriioo  for  this  place,  where  they  arrived  yesterday,  and 
tbU  morning  the  end  of  the  Cable  will  be  landed. 

«  It  is  sixteen  hundred  and  ninety-eigiit  nautical,  or  nine- 
teen hundred  and  6fty  statute,  miles  from  the  Telegraph 
house,  at  the  heod  of  Valentia  Harbor,  to  the  Telegraph 
houae,  Bay  of  liuU'a  Arm,  Trinity  Bay ;  and  for  more  than 
two-thirdH  of  this  distance  the  water  is  over  two  miles  in 

d(«pth.   . 

••  The  Cable  has  been  paid  out  from  the  Agamemnon  at 

about  the  sauic  speed  as  from  the  Niagara. 

••  The  electrical  signals  sent  and  received  through  the 
whole  <^lo  are  perfect. 

"The  ina<:*.".r.ory  for  paying  out  the  Cable  worked  in 
the  most  sutisfactor}'  manner,  and  was  not  stopped  for  a 
nnglo  moment  from  the  time  the  splice  was  made  until 
we  arrived  hero. 

••  Captain  Hudson,  Messrs.  Everett  and  Woodhonse,  the 
niginfiTA,  the  olectricians  and  officers  of  the  ships,  and,  in 
Ihct,  every  man  on  board,  the  Telegraph  fleet,  has  exerted 
himsolf  to  th<>  utmost  to  make  the  expedition  successful ; 


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and,  by  the  blessing  of  Divine    Providence,  it  has  suc- 
ceeded. 

"After  the  end  of  tlie  Cable  is  landed  and  co.inected 
with  the  land  line  of  telegraph,  and  the  Niagara  has  dis- 
charged  some  cargo  b^'lonping  to  the  Telegraph  Company, 
she  will  go  to  St.  John's  lor  coal,  and  then  proceed  at  once 

to  New  York.  ,^,  ^  „ 

«'  CYRUS  W.  FIELD." 

A  anppKmcntary  dispatch,  announcing  that  the  Aga- 
memnon had  been  as  fortunate  as  the  Niagara,  was  also 
received  the  same  day  by  the  New  York  Herald,  from  ite 
special  corre8i>ondent  on  board  the  latter  ship.  It  ran  as 
follows : 

«  Unitkd  Statbs  Frigate  Niaoaba,  > 
**  Trinity  Bay,  N.  F.,     > 
"  August  6,  1868. 

*'  Jame9  Gordon  Bennett,  Esq.: 

..The  Atlantic  Telcg:7rb  Cable  is  laid !  The  United 
States  frigate  Niagara  has  reached  Trinity  Bay,  Newfound- 
laud,  and  landed  her  end  of  the  line.  The  Agamemnon 
reached  Valentia,  Ireland,  on  the  snuie  day,  with  her  end 

of  the  Cable. 

••  The  electrical  communication  is  perfect.      Signals  arc 
•     passing  between  the   two  stations  with  the  greatest  ac- 
curacy. 

•'  The  Niagara  will  leave  for  St.  Johtrs,  N.  F.,  ^n  the  6th 
instant,  and  will  start  for  New  York  after  taking  on  board 
sufficient  coal  for  the  passage. 

•«  The  laying  of  the  Cable  was  accomplished  by  both 
abips  in  a  little  over  six  days."  , 

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wcceasof  the  enterprise,  that  there  was  no  longer  any 
room  for  doubt ;  and,  consequently,  the  manifestations  of 
rejoicing  over  the  event  were  wiiiu'ssed  in  every  quarter, 
not  alo..e  in  iao  city  of  New  York,  but  throughout  all 
portionsof  *be  United  Slates  to  whi'h  the  intelligence  had 
jicpetTated. 

The  Pre^dent  o!  the  United  States  conveyed  to  Mr. 
Field  his  sense  of  the  importance  of  the  event  in  the  fol- 
lowing dispatch  : 

'•Bedford,  Penn.,  August  5,  1858. 
«  To  Cyrut  W.  Field,  Trinity  Baxj  : 

•♦  Mt  Deak  Sir— I  congratulate  you  with  all  my  he^rt 
•on  the  success  of  the  great  enterprise  with  which  your  name 
is  so  honorably  connected.  Under  the  blessings  of  Divine 
Providence  I  trust  it  may  prove  instrumental  in  promoting 
perpetual  peace  and  frieiu.iihip  between  the  kindred 
nations. 

"  I  have  not  yet  received  the  Queen's  dispatch. 
•'  Yours,  very  respectfully, 

"  JAMES  BUCHANAN," 

The    communication   from    Captain    Hudson,    of  the 
Kiagiiktii  to  his  family,  was  in  tiicse  words  : 

"  Trinity  Bat,  August  6,  1868. 
••  God  has  been  with  us.     The  Telegraph  Cable  is  laid 
without  accident,  and  to  Hin:  be  all   the  glory.     We  are 
all  well. 

••  Yours,  aflectionately, 

"WM.  L.  HUDSON." 

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occasion,  entered  upon  the  arduouB,  but  pleasant  duty  of 
making  such  arrangements  or  celebrating  tlic  gn'at  event 
thus  announced,  in  such  a  mainuT  a«  should  t«'stify  the 
high  appreciation  in  which  it  was  heM  by  tliis  conmiunity. 

Alderman  McSpedon,  waa  unanimously  chosen  Chair- 
man, :.^d  Ciiarlea  T.  McCleni\chan  and  Fraucis  J.  Twomey 
were  appointed  to  act  ae  Secretaries. 

Thj  Committee  having,  atler  deliberation,  concluded 
that  it  would  be  advisa^  lo  to  divide  the  celebration  into 
two  parts,  as,  owing  U  ic  impossibility  of  the  principal 
uctors  in  the  groat  event  to  be  in  New  York  by  the  time 
that  the  mrssnges  be^'»'cen  the  Queen  of  Great  Britain  and 
the  President  of  the  United  States  should  pass  over  the 
wire,  the  honors  intended  could  not  be  done^  to  thorn  at 
the  same  time  that  that  event  should  be  celebrated,  at  once 
made  arrangements  for  a  grand  display  of  fireworks  at  the 
City  Hall,  and  for  an  illumination  (in  which  latter  all  who 
could  were  ii  'ited  to  join),  whenever  it  should  be 
announced  that  li.e  friendly  greetings  had  passed  between 
the  heads  of  the  two  great  nations. 

The  Message  of  the  Queen  of  England  was  received  01. 
the  16th  of  August,  and  was  as  follows : 

"  To  the  PresUcnt  of  the  United  States,  JVfuhington: 

"  The  Queen  desires  to  congratulate  the  President  upon 
the  successful  completion  of  this  great  international  work, 
in  which  the  Queen  has  taken  the  deepest  interest. 

"The  Queen  is  convinced  that  the  President  will  join  with 
her  in  fei-vent^y  hoping  that  the  Electric  Cable  which  now 
connects  Great  Britain  with  the  United  States  will,  prove 
an  additional  link  between  the  nations,  whose  friefidship  is 
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«itU  the  President,  aud  renewing  to  h,m  her  wuhes  for 
the  prosperity  of  the  United  States." 

To  this  gn*ting.  thePreBiJent  of  the  Unite.^  States  sent 

the  followiug  reply : 

♦' Wasuinoton  City,  August  16,  J.85S. 

u  To  Her  Majesty  Victor..,  Queen  of  Great  Britain: 
i The  ProBidcntconliully reciprocatesthecongratulationa 

of  her  Maj.«ty  the  Queen,  on  the  success  of  the  grea 
internatioual  ontcri.riHe  aecon.pUshoa  by  the  science,  skill 
and  inaotnitable  energy  of  the  two  countries. 

.qt  is  atrin,ni.h.nore  glorious, because  far  more  useful  to 
mankiud.  thau  was  ever  won  by  conqueror  on  the  field  ot 

'*«  May  the  Atlantic  Telegraph,  uiukr  the  blessing  ot 
Heaven,  prove  to  be  a  bond  of  perpetual  peace  and  fnend- 
sbip  between  the  kindred  nations,  and  an  instrument 
deatiucd  by  Divine  Providence  to  diffuse  religion,  civiliza- 
tion, liberty  and  law  throughout  the  world. 

♦*  In  this  view,  will  not  all  nations  of  Christendom  spou- 
taneouBly  unite  in  the  declaration  that  it  shall  be  forever 
neutral,  and  that  its  c(<inniuni«ati()ns  shall  be  held  sacred  in 
nasMiug  to  their  pluc««  of  dt^stination,  even  in  the  midst  of 

hostiliUeB. 

•  •'  JAMK8  r.UCHANAN." 

Inconunemoratioii  of  the  piiMHuge  o{  thcRe  cominunica- 
tioni  through  the  Atluntir  Tehgraph  Cable,  the  City  Hall 
and  the  public  buildings  of  Now    York  were  brilliantly 
illumiuated,  and  a  mnunifu  .nt  dinplny  of  fireworks,  pre- 
pared, by  Mr.  J.  Edge.  Jr..  was  exhibited  in  front  of  the 
City  Hull  on  the  evening  of  the  17th  August. 


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proceeded,  ^v.th  »  b.>    1,  t«  «  ^,^,      „.„„    ,„e,„.1..,l 

E,,.,  ami "«"""'"  ,^'^',\„;  ;    .  S..W  York,  N-.wfouu.l- 
Mr  Potior  Coop^^r.  ProsJilcut  ot  tin   ^>«  ^    .  .     ,  .,  .,.„- 

a  .m    L,. ,!...,.  T..legru,.h  ,^ou.,"->;  ''-^  '  "Iw     • 
laiiii  ami  Vic-Cuiisu  Mr.  ArolubaW. 

"'rrl'lfe^^  ''■"-"  regn.t  ...a.,  early  on  t..« 
ensuing  ■"""■^l '''^"'t^  ^^^  fr^  the  f.rework, 
'ivfng  ™"red  u..aer  »on.c  defect  in  the  n,e„d  covcnng  of 

'"Vcomn-ittee,  ap,.uin.ed  t„  invCigate  into  the  cause  of 

of  the  Sub-Conu..ittee  ««  munnuafon,  as  d.reCcd  b>  your 
resolution,  respectfuliy  report : 

That  tl  e  S„b.Co,n.nittec,  finding  it  impossible  to  obtam 

».u5pVof-ter  through  hose  from  the  Croton  prpes.  the™ 

not  beiL  Buificient  head  to  carry  the  san.e  upon  the  roof 

f, he  flail  caused  to  he  procured  a  large  nunrber  of 

f  U  t,  «hich  they  had  filled  with  »ater,  carried  upon 

::  f^'I       -a  to  wet  the  same  ami  ".o -- 7";^ 

r.t  the  cupola  ^'-^-rtr^rzi:ti:^ 

"-r "'  *'"  W  Ihe'at^  U  :  wb^U  was  done,  and  the 
'"  !  :.r  La  w  '  ationo-l  until  some  time  after  the 
engine  «"'""'-'^;;  ,  „„j  ^^,^^  ,,irectly  after  the  eon- 
conclusion  ot  tnc  «nHi»iaj^  »  wood- 

elusion  of  the  exhibition  they  caused  the  root  and  woort 
"to  be  examined  and  wet.  and  all  the  f-B'"™'"  ;""'' 
Tor  about  the  roof  gathered  togcVr.er  am   ""^"^""^r* 
that  atflj  o'clock  the  Chairman  of  the  Jomt  ^'"•">'  '"' 
With  the  Sub-Coirmittce  made  a  minute  and  particular  ox- 


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of  the  Hull,  nnd  were  informeil  by  Mr.  Edge  that  lu 


had  used  all  the  precautions  they  had  d.rec  ed  and  othe  .ol 
hisown  suggestion;  that  at  the  re^uestof  theCounnittee. 
Mr  EJge  again  made  an  examination  of  the  root  and  cupola 
of  the  building,  and  reported  that,  HO  far  a.  he  could  discover, 

everything  was  right.  The  Sab-Committee  with  many 
menlbers  of  vonr  (Committee,  remained  at  the  Hall  until 
after  10  P.  M.,  and  did  not  leave  until  the  Superintendent 
of  Repairs  and  Supplies  and  his  Deputy  had  left,  behev- 
ing  that  all  was  safe. 

The  Sub-Committee  caused  to  be  left  upon  the  roof  a 
number  of  buckets  of  water  to  extinguish  any  undiscov- 
ered remains  of  the  fireworks. 

Your  Committee  arc  therefore  of  opinion  that  every  pos- 
sible precaution  was  used  by  the  Sub-Committee,  and  that 
more  than  usual  care  was  take.?  by  them  and  Mr.  Edge, 
and  they  are  of  the  opinion  that  had  tlie  same  care  and 
precaution  been  exercised  by  those  in  whose  charge  the 
.  Hall  was  left  by  them,  the  unfortunate  accident  would  not 
have  occurred. 

Your  Committee  suggest  at  a  thorough  examination 
be  had  into  the  origin  of  the  fire,  and  submit  the  following 
resolution  : 

Rtsolvtd,j^\mi  the  Mayor  and  Fire  Marshal  be  requested 

to  thoroughly  investigate,   and    report    to  the  Common    , 

Conned  the  origin  of  the 'fire,  and  to  the  negligence  of 

what  person  or  persons  the  same  is  to  be  attributed. 

J.  LYNES,         )  Siih-Com.ofln- 
• .       '  S.  A.  BUNCE,  >  rcstigationy  f^t. 

The   Nisgara  arrived  off  the  Battery  at  4  o'clock  of -^ 
the  ftftpniyyu  of  WednoHday,  the  Ibth,  and  was  saluted  by 


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,hcg«...«t  M  t!u.  fort.  «..a  tho  .l,i,,|m.p,  a»  «•'•"  »»l>y 
LifeGuard,  who  h«a  be,u  .letaiUJ  for  .Imt  ducy  l-y  Lorn- 

the  following  lotter  tti>d  ordor  : 

llK.vncii  AUTi-KS  Scott  Livk  OrARD, 

Kkw  York,  Aug.  13,  IS5S. 

C    T.   McClcnnchan,  Ksq., 

Dp»u  S,K-l..clos..a  I  hav..  the  l.cor  to  tran»nu  » 
conyof  au  o,a.,-  of  tUi,  (^or,«.  directing  the  fir.ng  of  the 
JL"  bv  detach,ne„.,  fro.n  the  Scott  Life  Guar  ,  ,...r«u. 
Tn'  ,0  the  arrangcnent.  aetermined  upon  by  the  Jo.nt 
Comn.ittee  of  the  Co.nnn.n  founcil  o,>  Celebrat.on. 

PC  nit  ,ne  to  aaa  that  thi,  forp».  ,,art>c,pat.,.g  ..J  the 
.nirit  which  uni..,ate»  the  Com.non  Counetl  as  well  as 
X  o«"  try  at  large,  have  ...Terea  to  perform  thts  sorv.co 
l:  expressive  of  t^.cir  gratification  at  the  sncccssful  ,««e 
of  the  great  onacrUking  so  happily  coucl.lded. 

Most  respectfully, 

J.  11.  IIOBART  WARD, 
Ciijilam  Commandmg. 

*Hi-.*DQfARTKii»  Scott  Likb  Oiabi>, 

New  Yohk,  Aug.  la,  1858. 

Ordf.k  No. —  .       .       ,     •       ^„*«r 

The  municipal  authorities  of  thm  city  l.avn.g  deter- 
mined  to  Bulute  ti»o  United  States  Bteamslup  Niagara  and 
her  gallant  Captain,  Hudson,  on  their  arrival  at  this  port 
after  the  succesHful  laying  of  the  Atlantic  Cable,  by  finng 
.  a  «.lMt.  of  100  guuH  at  the  Park,  and  the  same  number  at 
the"  Battery,  it  i.  there  ipon  ordered,  at  the  request  of  the 


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Mayor  ami  Joint  Comniitteo  of  thf  Coinnion  Oouncn  on 
Celebration,  that  tliin  CorpH  fnrnisli  the  necessary  detail  to 
fireauch  nalutes ;  and  the  following  detail  is  liereby  m'ade: 
Detail  for  F//rit— Lieut.  Wni.  H.  Browne,  and  eight  men. 
Detail  for  JkilleTij—Uc      J.  l>.  MacO  regor  and  eight  men. 
The  First  Sergeant  w.ll  make  the  above  detail  of  men 
with  all  possible  dispatch,  designating  the  men   for  each 
command,  with  directions  to  report  to  their  respective 
commanders,  at  the  Armory  of  the  Corps,  at  11,  A.M.,  on 
Tuesday  17th  inst.,  in  full  unif<»rni  except  cartridge-box. 
By  order  of  J.  H.  HOBART  WARD, 

C(q>(ain  Commanding. 
"W.  B.  Pakirex,  First  Sergeant, 

The  following  were  the  principal  sub-committees  named 
to  make  the  necessary  preparations  and  arrangements  for 
the  grand  demonstration  wbich  it  was  decided  should  be 
made  on  the  Ist  September,  and  for  the  municipal  dinner, 
that  slumld  be  given  in  honor  of  the  participants  in  the  ac- 
complishment of  the  great  enterprise  just  achieved,  on  the 
ensuing  day : 

On  Firnrorh — Alderman   Boole  and  Councilmen  Dunn 
and  BuDix*.     ^ 

On  rrogramme—ihc  Chairman,  and  Mr.  R.  W.  Lowber. 

Oh  PrfK-ation — Aldermen  Lynes  and  Owena. 

On  Oecoratirt  Arcfua  over  Gates  tn  the  Pari: — The  Deputy 
Superintendent  of  Repairs  and  Supplies  and  Councilman 
Bubce. 

(H  CarnVr^-.—Aldermen  Lynes  and  Boole,  and  Council- 
raaa  Mulligan. 


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On  the  GranJ  PuUic  Dinnrr  and  Drcnmtions  at  the  Cry,- 
tnl  Palacc-rouncWmcv  Bunco,  R088  and  nicktord.  and 
Aldennen  Lyiu  «  ftnd  lloffinire. 

Upon  requost,  tho  foVowing  naniod  c-ntlouion  kindly 
consented  to  lend  their  ..luable  services  in  aasiaUog  to 
make  the  celebration  all  that  could  he  desired  : 

The  Hon.  Kdward  Kverett,  in  preparing  tho  address  to 
Captain  Preody  and  the  omcers  of  H.  B.  M.  irtcamers 
Gorgon  and  Valorous,  upon  the  presentation  of  testinio- 
uials  at  tho  Crystal  Palace  ; 

The  Right  Reverend   Archbishop  Hughes,  in  preparing 
the  address  to  be  delivered  to  the  representatives  of  the 
'.  New  York,  Newfoundland  and  London,"  and  "Atlantic 
Telegraph  Companies ; 

Prof.  Joel  T.  Hcadley,  in  preparing  that  to  Captain  W. 
L.  Hudson  and  officers  and  men  of  the  Niagara; 

Prof.  Isaac  Ferris,  in  preparing  that  complimentary  to 
Engineers  Everet  and  Woodhouae,  and  the  electnc.ans  of 
the  «!xpodition ; 

Hon.GflDrge  Bancroft,  in  preparing  that  to  be  presented 
to  CaptaifDayman  of  H.  B.  M.  Steamer  Gorgon,  which  had 
served  as  tender  and  guide  to  the  Niagara. 

1)  D  Field,  Esq.,  nquiesced  in  the  desire  that  he  would 
assume  the  important  position  of  orator  of  the  day,"  and 
the  Rev.  Drs.  Mott  and  Field  accepted  the  invitation  to 
open  and  close  the  ceremonies  at  the  Crystal  Palace  with 
prayer  and  a  benediction. 

Rev.  Dr.  Ogilviealso  signified  his  readiness  to  comply  with 
tho  request  that  he  would  pronounce  "  Grace"  upon  the 
occasion  of  the  contemplated  grand  municipal  dinner  to  be 
.  given  at  the  Metropoiitan  Hotel. 


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A  communication  from  Commodore  Kearney  ptatod  that 
Commander  Ward  had  kindly  placed  tin-  splendid  oand  rf 
the  *'*iip-of-the-lincMortli  Carolina  at  the  service  of  the 
Corainittee. 

From  iiiaiiy  others,  proffers  of  porvices  were  received  and 
accepted,  of  which  due  mention  is  made  in  the  following 
pages. 

Brigadier-General  Charles  Yates,  having  been  nominated 
Grand  Marshal  of  the  day,  for  the  Ist  of  Sep'  ^er, 
accepted  that  arduotis  post,  and  to  his  fxcelleut  uiariage- 
ment  was,  in  a  great  measure,  owing  the  very  happy  manner 
in  which  the  affair  passed  off. 

A  special  m«"  ung  of  the  engineers  and  foremen  of  the 
Fire  Department  had  been  held  on  the  13th  of  August, 
to  make  arraiigements  for  the  celebration  of  the  trans- 
mission of  the  expected  message  from  the  Queen  of  England 
to  the  President  of  the  United  States,  and  the  President's 
reply ;  when  the  following  resolutions  were  adopted,  on 
motion  of  Mr.  J.  11.  Carolan,  of  Hook  anu  I  •^d^'^r  Coirpany 
'  t<  !'>• 

fVkereot,  extensive  arrangementa  are  bemg  made,  both  in 
this  city  and  throughout  the  entire  country,  to  celebrate,  in 
a  becoming  manner,  the  success  of  the  *'  great  event  of  the 
age,"  the  joining  of  the  Old  and  NewWorlds  by  means  of  the 
Atlantic  Cable ;  and  whereas,  this  wonderful  triumph  of 
man*s  goniu8,«fndu8try  and  energy  over  all  obstacles  of 
time,  distance  or  the  vast  deep,  which  has  sent  a  thrill  of 
joy  throughout  the  f  ntire  length  and  breadth  of  the  land, 
calls  for  some  public  expression  from  our  Department;  there- 
fore, be  it 

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citi7.M.R  in  th.ir  pruiK)s(M!  a.MUonstrati 

of  thi.  won.!  .ful  cv.nt  by  having  a  gra.ui  torch-hght  parad. 

on  the  evening  of  the    ">«t. 

Raol,.d.  Thatno  Cou.p»ni-''<.-''"»'--"  «o  parado  ...or. 
„,e„  ,l,u„  they  are  »Uo«-..,l  by  law,  as  foUo«  » :-!•  .r.t  cla«» 
..„pnoa.  »ev™ty  n,e» ;  m.-u,  .•.»»«,  -ixtj-  ,»..„■.  ,lurd  c1.« 
filty  n,e.  =  l.-^e  ooinpauiea.  thirty  u,.n;  hook  aud  Uajer 
conipai;       fitsy  nx'"- 

KoW«rf,  That  th«  Chief  Kngi„cer  act  a,  Om-id  Mar,hal 
on  the  evcuing  ot  the  para.i...  and  that  the  »<'";^"  W- 
o.rs  bo  c.npo..v.r.d  to  make  „cces«,ryarranBen.ent»fortho 

same. 

Jtr.oM,  That  the  Board  of  Fire  Con.mis«onor..  the 
Board  of  Trustees,  the  Exempt  Firemen  and  A-.stant  En- 
gineers he.  and  arc  hereby  invited  to  parfcpatewithuain 
the  parade. 

lt»«s  subsequently  coneb.ded.  however  tot  the  grand 
toroh-light  procession  should  take  place  ..  tbo  day  of  tho 
general  celebration. 

The  NewTi  ork  Chamber  of  Commerce  also  held  mcetmgs, 
to  take  n,ea.ures  (or  extending  son.e  proper  ";»Y,T,!!!! 
to  Captain  Hudson  and  the  officers  of  *.  Umted  State, 
Steamship  Niagara,  and  appointed  the  followmg  Comm.tteo 
to  consider  and<fcconu„end  tho  best  mode  ol  a.knowlcdg- 
ment : 


William  B.  Afltor, 
Lloyd  Aspinwall, 
V^m.  H.  ABpii^'all, 
"S,»muelD.Iv  bcock, 


G'^orgc  W.  Lane, 
Richard  Lathers, 
Marshall  L-efferts, 
A.  A.  Low, 


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Caleb  Barstow, 
A.  Bt'linoiit, 
.TamcK  IJrown, 
George  W.  Klunt, 
Fdwiii  J.  IJrown, 
James  II.  Brower, 


F.  S.  Lath 


rop, 


Kobcrt  P>.  Mint  irn, 
Jar;«'8  M.  Morrison, 
E.  I).  Morgan, 
Charles  H.  Marshall, 
Anthony  B.  Neilson, 


James  U.  Brundage,  Jr.,     J.  Dc  Peyster  Ogden, 


Leopolil  liierwith, 
nngh  W.  Camp. 
Horace  B.  Clafflin, 
Frederick  A.  Conklin, 
Simeon  li.  Chittenden, 
JanieH  B.  Colgate, 
Oenning  Duer, 
W.  Butler  Duncan, 
W.  W.  l)c  Forrest, 
Oeorgo  Folsom, 
Benjamii:  11.  Field, 
Robert  C.  Goodhue, 
George  Griswold,  Jr., 
Walter  S.  Griftiths, 
Wilson  G.  Hunt, 


Pekitiah  Perit, 
John  K.  flyers, 
George  T.  Olyphant, 
Henry  E.  Pierrepont, 
Augustus  C.  Bichards, 
George  S.  Ro))bin8, 
John  A.  Stevens, 
James  E.  Southworth, 
Oliver  Slate, 
Samuel  B.  Shepherd, 
William  K.  Strong, 
Augustus  E.  Silliman, 
T.  B.  Satterthwait, 
Henry  A.  Sniythe, 
Daniel  D.  Smith, 


•\Mlliam  F.  Havemeyer,     Henry  M.  Schi.'fferlin, 
Charles  A.  Heckscher,      James  S.  T.  Strnnahan, 


Ooorpe  Hall, 
TAmw  Hovt, 
Abrohnm  S.  Hewitt, 
Edwunl  Mincken, 
John  1).  JoiioH, 
James  Lee. 


Moses  Taylor, 
Thomas  Tileston, 
El! wood  Walter, 
William  Watson, 
John  D.  Wolfe, 


Luther  B.  Wyman. 
All  the  nnlitarjgffcivil  and  other  soc.Pties  also  held  meet- 
ing, for  the  puq^ose  of  assisting  in  the  celebration,  and 


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wcTC  largely  roprcson ted  ir   th«^  procession  on  the  Isi  ol 
September. 

Subsequently  to  the  transmission  of  the  tness.iges  between 
the  Queen  of  Great  Britain  ami  the  President  of  the  United 
States,  the  following  dispatcliea  of  congratulation  passed 
between  the  ^Tayor  ot'  New  Y(»rk  and  the  Lord  Mayor  of 
London : 

Mayor's  Offick,  New  Yokk, 

August  10,  1858. 

To  thr.  nitrlu  Hon-^rabh  Sir  Jlohcrt  Walter  Cnrtlcn,  M.P.,  JauU 
Mttyor  of  London : 
1  congratulate  your  Lordsiiip  upon  the  successful  laying 
of  the  Atlantic  Cable,  uniting  th"  continents  of  Europe  and 
America  and  the  cities  of  New  York  and  London — the 
work  of  Great  Britain  and  the  United  States — the  triumph 
of  science  and  energy  over  time  and  space,  thus  uniting  more 
closely  the  bonds  ol  peace  and  commercial  prosperity,  an«l 
introducing  an  era  into  the  world's  history  pregnant  with 
results  beyond  the  conception  of  a  finite  mind.  To  God  be 
all  the  praise. 

D.  F.  TIEMANN, 

Mayor  of  Sew  York  City. 

London,  August  23,  ISiiS. 

Fmm  the  Lord  Mayor  ol  London  to  the  Hon.  D.  F.  Ticmann, 
Mat/or  of  St IV  York: 
The  Lord  May(»i^)f  London  most  cordially  reciprocates 
the  cofigratulati«>ris  of  the  Mayor  of  New  York  upo?i  the 
success  of  BO  iniportunt  an  undertaking  as  the  completion 
of  the  Atlantic  Telegraph  Cablij. 

It  is,  indeed,  one  of  the  most  glorious  triumphaof  the  oge, 
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p..rMrveraiice  of  all  parlies  intnif^ted  with  so  (liflTanlt  a 
.luty,  and  the  Lord  Mayor  sincerely  hope:^  that,  through  the 
hlcssing  of  Almighty  (Jod,  it  may  be  the  means  of  cemcnt- 
mg  ti»e  kind  feeUngs  which  now  exist  ])etwcou  tlie  two 

r.ountriea. 

R.  W.  GARDEN, 

Lord  Mayor  of  I^jrtdoJi. 

That  the  rejoieings,  which  there  was  no  doubt  would 
\u'  celebrati'd  throughout  the  I'nited  States  and  British 
provinces,  should  be  more  appropriate,  the  committee  in- 
'  ^truclcd   the  K(!cretary  to  communicate  to  the  different 
•  itieH.  ic,  their  requcHt  tliat  they  shouhl  be  bo  timed  a» 
TO  bes'nmltaneous  with  those  to  take  place  in  New  York  ; 
and  occnniingly  tlie  following  invitation  was  published, 
.md  the  stihstance  thereof  transmitted  by  telegraph  to  the 
more  distant  cities  and  towns : 

"The  Joint  Committee  of  the  Common  Council  of  tlic 
rity  of  New  York  on  celebrating  the  laying  of  the  Atlantic 
Tclenraph  Cable,  having  detennined  to  celebrate  that  event 
by  a^alvo  <»f  one  hnndrcd  guns  and  national  salutes,  with 
riniinng  of  all  the  church  bells,  iumicdiatcly  upon  the  trans- 
iui"<siot»  of  tilt'  reply  of  the  President  of  the  United  States 
to  the  ineshaiio  of  her  Majesty  Queen  Victoria,  and  with 
ImnfireH  and  illuminations   on   that   day,   and  also   by  a 
iiiihtary  ioid  eivi«>  processiim  some  days  thereafter,  to  be 
t.»llnw*Ml  by  ii  municipal  diimer,  which  festivities  are  undcr- 
*liK>d  and   cxpeeted   to  take  place  sinudtaneously   with 
ihom.  in  tlie  city  of  London  and  throughout  (Jreat  Britain 
nnd  llie  r(,t,tinent,  would  request  the  citizens  tliroughout 
lh«  Inited  States  and  British  provinces  to  unite  with  them 


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or.lrr,  of  wlii.h  .In.'iiotuT  w  iH  «"'  U'v.-ii 


♦•  Hy  <»ril.T  ( I'tho  ('onimitt«M', 

•'C.  T.  M.rLKNACHAN.  Snnmn,:' 

So  far  asliennl  from,  tliis  p-qiu'st  \vas  roniplir.!  Nvill.,  8o 
that  t»u-  rrlrbration  of  tliin  v:\onou^  n.i.suiMiuaiioii  l.as 
been  inor.'  c.-nrral  aii.l  uuaniMious  than  iiiiv  v\v\  In-ftirc 
known  in  tht- i'ivili/.««l  \v()rhl. 

IwouMtu.w  h.-u'   h-avo  t.>  suhmif  a   <l.-<<Miption  of  tho 
,,rocfc.lin-s    and    frstivitirs    of   tho    fnst    :mmI    s.coiul    of 
Sr|.triMluM-,  which  arc  somewhat   n.inntcly  ^iv»M.,  an  tliry 
will  ft>rm,  h.-reafti-r,  a  ptirtion  of  a  pnioa  in  liistory  nn.ro 
inoinorablo  than  can  ho  pn'^^cntcd  hy  any  iMvciMling  ago— 
for.  if  tio  lasting   ht-ncfit  may  h.'   dcriv.Ml  from  lh.»  ('ai»lc 
jtist  hii.i,  it   has  h.cn  cloarly  .h,'monstrat»'.l  that  tin'  ontrr- 
prise  was  ft-asihlo,  an.l  M)nn'  of  the  nio'^t  v.'Xf.l  quostimis 
in  rolati<.t>  to  rh-otr.Htch'uraphy  have,  been  solvod,  whih^ 
there   is  n«.  donht  that  tliis  achiovemet.t  will  give  nn  im- 
petus and  eonfnlenoe   to   eneriry  and  enterprise  that  will 
Hltim-Ately  resn't  in  what  we    so    fondly   h.  pod    from    tho 
present  attempt. 

ritF,     CF.KKHI{ArU)N     OK     TlIK    FlitST     ()1«'     SKlM'KMni'.K Till'. 

rimuf  i)i;("«n{ATH»Ns. 

The  niortjiim  of  the  1st  of  Septondier,  the  «lay  Hot  apart 
for  the  f/tr,  broke  fair  and  bright.  Tho  heavens  were 
smiling  and  pr..pitions.  Ati  early  September  snn,  shorn 
of  lln;  I.eroenex!*  of  iiis  beams  hy  the  bracing  galo  that 
wafted  over  tlm  eity,  cost  his  genial  glow  on  all  around 
and  underneatli^  Tho  gray  dawn  w  as  nshered  in  with  th« 
echoing  Honnds  of  the  hanmior  and  tin-  saw  ami  all  the 


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Imsy  din  of  pn'pnratiori.     As  tin*  iiiuriiing  advaiirod,  tlu' 
8tnM't8  uKsimird   a  holiday  look,  liaiiners.   tlatrs,  inottocg 
nu'<'tiiii^  Hit'  vyc  at  ovoiy  Rtcp,  ftiid  <'licitintr  the  admiration 
of    the   restless    liosts    which    crowded    the     sidewalks, 
tliroiiRfd  the  corners,  and  rusl.sd  into  Hioadwav,  toe  grand 
centre  (»f  attraction,  from  every  street  and  avenue.     All 
the    approaches    to   the  metropolis  ponred   in    constant 
streams  of  human  beings.  The  ferry-l>f»ats,  though  runninu 
with  all   possible  frequency,  failed  utterly  to  supply  the 
demands  made  upon  them  by  residents  and  visitors  in  the 
Huburbs.     The  j-arly,  and,  indeed,  the  late  trains  over  the 
New  .leracy,  Long  Island  and  northern   roads  were  cram- 
med past  all  precedent.     The  carriage-ways  were  one  long 
chnnl  of  dust  from  the  fcrry-housea  miles  out  into  the 
country  in  all  directions. 

The  shipping  in  the  harbor,  lavishly  bedecked  with  bunt- 
ing, suggested  the  idea  of  a  forest  of  flowers.  The  East 
River  and  the  North,  for  miles  and  miles,  looked  like  a 
crubhed  rainbow— an  cnfournge  of  confused  iridescences, 
inclosing  a  p  raina  of  g..rgeous  thoroughfares  and 
rejoicing  people. 

The  Buspension  of  business  was  almost  universal.  The 
pnncipal  KtorcR  closed  at  an  early  hour  in  the  forenoon. 
Nearly  »11  were  closed  at  mid-day.  The  banks  if  tbey 
oi,ene<l  at  all  remained  so  for  but  an  hour  or  two.  The 
(Government  oincos  were  shut  altogether,  and  the  Courts 
were  comp  etely  deserted.  The  dc-orations  of  the  City 
Hall,  and  the  n.Hcr.ptions  display,.!  <m.  Broadway,  arc  de- 
wrving  of  notice.  ^ 

From  all  the  fla^stafT^  mi  ti.,.  it  n 

'a-xiaiis  (Ml  the  Hull    .r-iy  hjinnors  and 

roof  «„.  a  ,.„„,„„„  rvprcewing  the  national  bird  with 


'V./'rt! 


<^t 


^i^\ 


A. 


1 

I 


»7 


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I 


wh'.T'  -'Mtsi.nNid,  stjimliiijr  on  n  stained  and  strijMMl  sliiold, 
;vj4  if  p  it  lii:htc(i  tln-rr,  with  tlu»  lion  :\in\  tin-  Anu'rioun 
Minuianl  un«kT  his  riijlit  ]»ifiion,  inu\  tlio  Kniilisli  HtaiHlanl 
.  iM<  nicitru  \ii:<1t>r  liis  Ir.  rndor  (!i;.i  was  ilu-  name  of 
Fi'xaKI.in  in  larrje  letters,  on  onr  sidr,  tin*  roat  ofarnis  of 
til  Stiitr  of  Xfw  York,  and  on  tlif  otln-r,  tlir  roat  ol 
arms  of  tlio  rit ,  of  London. 

On  tlu'  west  side  were  banners  wirli  the  following  * 
"  Fii;i.i».  WooimtH'sK,   Dayman,  fooi-KK,  Hi  i>s»)N." 

An«l  on  tlie  east. 

"  riti:i:i>v,  (iruNKY,  Ammiam,  Kvkkkit,  Moksk." 

Facing  r.roadway  were  the  following  : 

•'  MAritv,   WiMTKiioi si:.' 

And  facing  Centre  street: 

"  lilllOlir,   liKUKYMAN." 

The  east  gate  of  the  Park,  was  siuinosintetl  by  on  ini- 
nu'tise  banner,  formed  like  an  arch,  bearing  on  quo  sido 
the  w'onis : 

"TiiK  Path  of  Franklin  lkd  to  a  Field  of  Kntkb- 

PUI8K." 

At  one  end  of  the  inscription  appeared  an  old-fasliioned 
printing  press,  at  the  other,  a  telegru^hic  apparatus. 
On  the  other  side  were  displayed  the  words : 

"PKACK  MATH    IIKU  VlCTOUIi:S 

Not  liss  Rknownko  than  Wai:." 
Similar  nreh«'s  were  erected  at  the  western  und  aonthern 
gales.     That  at  the  western  gate  l»ore  on  one  s  "o  the  in- 
scription : 

"The  Niaoaka  ano  Aoamemnon,  with  their  escorts 
GottooN   Asn  VALORors— the    four    victors    in   the 

ORrLAI    nATFLE   DKrWKEN    SCIENCE   AND    NeITUNE.'* 


}  ^t 


Ji, 


■  m  n  nnw|jrf^<W'^''*^-* 


>^.A 


38 


At  oiH'  ciiil  was  tlie  figure  of  jui  anchor,  wrcatliod  with 
flo\v»T8,  ami  ah(.ve  it,  th<^  l?ntish  crown.  Th<'  olhrr  sidi* 
exhibitrd  the  words  and  motto  : 

"  FlKLD  AND  EVKRKTT,  Ill'DSON  AND  PitKKDY,  DaYMAX 
ANP  Al-DIIAM.  '  NaMKS  GKKAT  IN  MOIJTHS  OF  WlSKST 
CfcNSlKK."" 

At  the  in)p;rr  end  of  this  was  n>[)rt'st'i)tf(  another 
nnehor,  surniouuted  hy  the  American  eagle. 

The  arrh  at  the  southern  pate  had  on  one  fidt;  the  fol- 
lowing : 

♦'Tiir  Tkixity  Maukiack — Uvrn;i>  is:  nii:  IV)nds  ok 
.  Peace  and  Amity,  Ai<:rsT  T),  i>>.',s,  Ai.mox  to  (Jor^iMniA, 
IIt:na«>N  to  Histoky,  Fn:i,i)  to  Famk." 


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■  ,t.t(^i_  ■■'  1 

.tT.«;    H[    1 

■'.^^: 

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1  •  ..•'_ 

,.4;.;^ 

.<  \< 

•t»5 

Un<h'rnt'ath  this  was  the  inscription  : 

"  Whom    Govt  hatii  .ioinf.d  Tonr.Tin: 


It 


I.KT   NO   HIAN    VVV    ASINDKR. 


WO 


At 

rd 


one  end  wiis  the  KJiield  of  Cireat   Britai?)   and   the 
"  Viet».ria,"    and  at    the   otJier,  tiie  shield   of    the 

lauan.''     On   the  other 


Fnited  Stairs  ar'd  the  word  "  liucl 
side  wuH  tho  foliowiuir  : 


'UKUi;   IR    \    1'atm   wiiini    N».   Fnwf.    K 


WHICH  luK  Vn.TruK's  kyk 

WllKl.l'K    UAVK    NOT    T 


rAHSr.M   HY   II 


•—./(('», 


NoWF.Tir,    ANI> 
H\  1 II    NOT   KKF.N  ;    TIIF,  LiON'S 

itMi.i.i.N  ir,  Nnu    Tin:  FiKuri:  Lio\ 
xwiii.,  7,  s. 


On  Hrojidwav 


,  eomiii,.n, 


mgu| 


•vv.iniR, 


tl|f  lull 


uig  at  the  Hattery  and  proceed- 


obscrvuble  on  eijlu-r  hmuL 


•»\'iui^  umcriittions   and  desi<;uH 


wore 


»  I  11 


I  «y^  y  — vm.  !■  y 


-^ 


—  ^•■\    ^ 


A  larjro  transparency 


in 


M 


front  of  No.    IH.  l>'»ro  the  lol 


lowinc 


•  I'oliiv  the   OrvMX  C';lMo 
The  Vaiiki'0<  |>rov«-.l  .jiiito  *Mo. 
.lolm  !»ull  wRH  not  l..-liiml 
Valentift  Hay  to  tiii.l. 
Ati.l  tliiH  the  tliiiip  wfts  «lono 
Hy  J.ilm  iiii<\  Jonatlmu." 

Next  door  (l-JO)  t'xliil)itoa  ns  .in  ombleiu,  an 

All-HOi'inu  r.vo, 

SHrr..iiU'\.'«l  l.v  ft  t-'l-rv,  a">l  l-okinfr  .lown  upon 

twolmii.lMlioMiii;;  ft  luiM  wri-.uli  ovor 

Tlio  Ninjrara,  Tl'^"  Apmu-innoi., 

U  liioiiK]      hearing  tho 


AiiKTii'ftii  lla- 


/  « 


5      AiiHTicau 

>'•       ColltilKMlt. 


I'urojio 


nit 


C'otiluiciit.      2 


N 


At  th.-  store  curnor  of  Fi'.lton  stroot,  ami  oast  sMi-  ol 
Broadway  : 

•'  AMF.llU'AN  EN'TKIirUlSK. 

There  wore  Kinj:^  l.eforo  Ajriuiioim.on.  hut  tin- 
ApinicMiiion  is  Kinjr  of  llicm  nil. 

It  took  two  Amorirnti  rivers  to  coii.iurr  tli«» 
Atlimtio: 

TIIK    NIAOAHA    AND    HI'tmoN. 

Mornc.  tlio  inventor,  supi-lied  the  perm  ; 
Field,  ll.o  buMncsH  num.  co,n,.U«t..".  tho  ^on-,.^  «.-iL 
Ann  riran  invcnti..n,  tncrhnnioftl  .«omn^.  r.n>r  .^mm-h 
St'oor-,  nntl  !•  i.Ll-ao  hoi.or  To  Ainorir.rt. 

^       TiiR  rs^r>s  or 
KN(iLANI)  AN1»  AMEltlCA. 
If.  i.huc  of  the  wci.linK  ^^ 
liiiiR,  tho  Atla»l»c  CoWe. 


..'••/.  >i 


I    'I 


1— "r^^* 


Ml  II II       '     I  ' 


40 
^>"  n  trar.8par.ncy  in  Fulton   «trort.  app.-nro,!  the  fol 

"Hr-KCA,.    ,.,H,.>»TI,.  HY    T.,K    ATLANTIC    r  .n,.K. 

K.illypa;r>,'et,  Ireland.  i 

lo  \\u.  F-  -fNoTOK,  140  Fulton  street    Vew  York 

,1.,  p,"'  '""•  S"'  "'"     murrain,-  „„  ,  ;,„.p  ,,,,,  ^^^ 
'•••'..I... .  .1,..,  „„  «„„n.|,  „„„,  „„„„,„,„„  „„  ^^.^.,,,  ^^^^^ 

I  like  to  hoar  from  nil  of  vc  hut  TM  i:i     . 

N-.-l  l.ick  a  toast  l.v  '  ra  ,h:.i  nl  '  i    i*  ."  T  ■'""  ^^"^''^  > 

T-  let  us  hear  vo„r  .uv,  mv  o/.    "l.;    '"7,'^'"?  "'"  1*6  nhje, 
caM...  «"MU.t     l»r.v,u."  by  elcTtrof^raphic 

''""  """'"""'"""-H While  we  live  lot  us  drink  ) 

CIIAS.   COLTER. 

f-vourt,.I.,r.,.h.,i,p,.,H.I,.ai.loheerfuIly|oo. 

W.  E." 

"- -::::: ,,:;;,:  :;::;r':  n  -^  »f  ^-o 

two  nali,,,,..  "'"  ''  "■'"'  "'«•  ""«s  of  the   ' 

l>l"<'anlB  bearing  tho  following  i.tnl.t- ,!!".'"''"''''  '''"' 
;;T!..A,H...f,Vo,,re.s.isr,s"   " 
•^•••'"""""-Krieiwr.- 

inn   Atlantic   Tflc<rnni.    . 
I^-en.nn.l>Tn.l.o«eti:;;i:,  :;;::;;-''^Vi.'.tning  of 

Tl,n  .MtnM............  V.  '  "^  ''"'  ««">•'  ^Jod." 


•'lornci.  **^   iJromlvvay  was  brijlj 


iatitlv 


* 


ffini 


Jtm 


41 


From  the  bpak  of  thn  laigi»  tjoldni  rauli'  wliioli  stn'ttlinl 
ovtTtho  top  of  tho  buil«lini,'  hmii;  aponiuii  of  tlit;  T«'U'- 
grnphic  Cable,  one  side  of  wliiih  was  loopetl  lo  tlie  Ameri- 
ctti),  and  the  other  to  the  English  Hag.  At  one  end  of  the 
CabU'  was  a  trunspareney  representing  the  IT.  S.  steam 
frigate  Niagara,  and  at  the  other  the  llritisli  steam  frigate 
Agamemnon.  Above  the  eagh»,  and  eovering  him,  wjw  an 
arched  transparency,  which  bore  the  h'geml 

"Tm:  Atlantic  Tklkuhaim!  t\\Hi,K." 

and  beh)\v  tliis  was  another  transparency,  inscribed   with 
the  folh)wing : 

•' l*KO.IKCTi:i)   IN    ISOi. 
"  SUC'CFSSFILLY    I.ANDKD    Al  CUST,  IS-'iS." 

Another  transparency  was  displayeii  below  this,  a!id 
between  the  windows,  on  which  was  inscribed  the  name  of 

CYurs  W.  FiKi-n, 
and  over  the  front  door,  extending  along  the  whole  front 
of  this  magnificent  edifice,  was  a  transparency  as  follows: 

Male  and  Fkmali:. 

C        Hands        ^ 

Enolanp.  <  in  a  ^  Amkrica. 

(  cordial  grasp.  ) 

In  front  of  the  large  concern  Nos.  25^,  Ooft  and  2G(), 
Broadway,  and  extending  the  whole  length  of  the  buiMing, 
was  a  transparency  ofter  this  fashion  : 


Aiiicricnn  A  streak  of  !iKlifi:i(; 

"^  Flag.  ronacctinf;  botii  Hn^'5, 

"Thunder  and  I.i^;lltrlillK." 

Tlie  TologrA|iir8  I.itthtnin^ 

in 

•'Our  Tlmndor." 


Kit(;li«li 
Kl.i«. 


The  store  on  the    north-wt^t  comer  of  Droadwuy  and 


• 


i' 


■  : 


'  ; 


ft 


1  ' 


f-     V  > 


':-.-^ 


v« 


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42 


Warr 


en  Htrcet  wns  cK 


'"imuiK,     \Mtli     tli(>    Word     '«  T^riir.!."   1.  >* 

rn,.K.::!:  ::'tI;;™'■^■'■."''''^■^'»"'■»"'-i'>-• 
and  IWdv"  '1  Din. ;-'?.""  ^^^'••'■"'^"""•".  Hudson 
imnv      'r  '^"^♦^'t^'"'^  of  tl.o  Atlantic  IVle.rraph  Com 

1  «"> .     1  l„.,r  morn.namt  lies  low  "     ..  Tl      a  V> 
tJ..«  Necklace  of,!.,.  WoHd."  "  '^^'^"'''  ^"^*'"' 

<^ver  the  clock  store.  \o  ^ik  n       i 
Wo TK"  „.a«  pUM      '*■  """''""J'  "  1'"-  work. 

A.X„...,4nilroa,Kv„j.„.a,,Wf„|,„„,„g, 

••Il..„„rt<.tl,„sen|,„„        I     ,    I 

•"  ''"r«c.U..k,  a  ,„„„.,;  ZZJT"""""'"""  "'  »  '■«""" 
*H.i„,,  „„  -ho  W  .i  :'„'''•'•  "•;■'  «  '.an,.  .,„,  ,,.„ 

•  Mcamhoat.  "''  '""•-'""'•■  «  l"i'.t..,g  ,,^.„  „„,, 


•• 


■     f 


MMMMafania 


^ha 


"f 


4;i 

At  No.  34/)  Broadway  wut*  tlio  follow iii^'  inscription  : 

TItronpli  ocoftirrt  (lofolntion  (lcoi> 
Tlionghts  in  " electric  tiro  "  s\v<o]>— 
The  ••Friondly  NnfioiH"  roiivn^f  tn>li! 
ThroiiRli  its  caverns  dark  ami  oitl. 

"  Nol.le  thcnio,"  in  wnvos  of  son}? 
Itoll  triuTn|)hftiif  ni»ttfs  alt.n};— 
"  Fair>'s  laurel  "  decks  a  S.iron  hrow— 
Our  Country's  I"ieu>  is  victor  ii«>w. 

A  Inr^'e  paintinr?  covered  two  stories  of  the  front  of  No. 
349  Rroadwjiv.     It  represented  an   eairle  on  one  side  anti 
a  lion  on  the  other,  with  the  Cable  8tretel,iMfr  throtigh  the 
Rca  between  them.     In  the  centre,  on  a  rock,  was  a  fenifile 
form  with  outspread  wings  dominant  over  connnerco  and 
the  arts.     Above,  on  either  side,  was  written.  "  Vktokia," 
'•  BixifAXAN."     Below  was  this  inscription  :    "  ( "YurH  W. 
FiKLD,   l)A(5i:KimE   and  Morsk.     The  one  harnesse.l  the 
light,  the  other  the  lightning.     May  the  '  continuity '  of  the 
Cable  be  as  perpetual  as  the  rays  of  the  sun."     To  the 
left  of  this  was,  '«  Captain  Phkkdy,  Agamenmon,"  and  to 
the  right,  "Captaiff  Hidson,  Niagara." 

From  the  gilded  eagle  that  ornament^?  the  fotirth  story 
of  the  establishment  No.  350  Broadway,  streamers  hung. 
From  the  first  floor  a  temporary  balcony  project.d  with  a 
front  of  canvass,  rows  of  upright  muskets  with  candkM. 
stuck  in  the  barrels,  and  the  couph't, 

"Tlio  CnMe  witli  \U  pencclnl  tricks 
Makes  of  inii'^kets  <-an<lle«tifk-*." 

The  whole  front  of  No.  359  Broadway.  t)ic  lower  part 

of  which  is  used  as  a  dining  saloon  and  thr  upper  stonen  an 

a  photographic  gallery,  was  decorated,  with  a  splendid 

transparency  fit\y  by  twenty-five  feet.     It  hon.  on  the  top 

.  the  words  ♦'  Science,  Labor  and  Art— Union  Cable. 

On  the  right  was  a  portrait  of  Fikld,  in  tho  centre  one 


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of  Frankmn,  and  on  tho  Irft  one  of  Morsk.  Beneath  were 
two  female  figures,  representing  America  and  Englji.id 
joining  hands;  while  to  the  right  of  these,  and  below,  wus  a 
Hteamship,  with  the  emhUnns  of  mechanism  and  .science;  and 
to  the  left,  was  a  sailor  from  the  Niagara.  Under  this  was 
A  bridge  joining  two  countries,  and  beneath  this  again  was 
a  figure  of  Neptune  chained,  implying  that  his  power  was 
at  an  end.  To  tlie  right  was  the  letter  R,  and  to  tlie  left 
the  letter  V,  botli  surrounded  by  electric  stars.  The  whole 
design  was  well  conceiveil  and  beautifully  executed.  It 
attracted  a  great  <U*al  of  attention. 

Over  the  front  of  Nos.  Sii.'iand  3G7  was  this  inscri].tion  : 

VKTOUIA. 

All    liuiu.r  to  tlic  iiivontivc  geniiis  ami  imlc- 
t  liitigulilo  ciiter|>ri><i-  of 

.loiiN  AM>  Jonathan, 
Vj     timt  l,;is  siUTCfilwl  in  conhimiinntinf,'  tlu-  ini-Mif- 
-      u-sl  wurk  ..f  thy  a^f.     May  the  n.r.l  that  hriuiri      '-< 

-;        IlKIII  III  the  LoikK  ot  r~ 

W  Intkuvationai.  *  Ci 

2      ^  '•'^•"•'^I'ip  ncvor  he  sov,Totl,  nn.l  tho  Fiold  of  if»      ^ 
yj      iisctiilii|^  oxteii.l  to  every  part  of  lh«  i,;,ilh.  > 

<  — o— 

Let  nations'  oIioutM.  'ini<lst  oumoiis'  nmr 
rrorlaiiii  iho  event  from  sht-n  to  ulioro. ' 

lU'tllANAN. 

No.  aCi)  bore  a  hug.  painting,  repu-snitiu^  the  laying 

ol  the  (.  abh',  with  tin-  U-tters  ••  M."  •'  1< u  "  „*  *i     * 

,  ,  ,  '         *  •        lu    at  tlie  ti»ii, 

»..d  beneath.  •'  Kuri.pe  and  America  united  by  trlecranb  " 
-Olory  to  (Judiuthe  higheHt,  on  earth  p,.;.^,.  „o,.d  will 
toward  men,"  "  Ikni.vNAN,"  '•  Victohu  "  '  ^''''^^ 
Florence  Hotel,  nutivr  of  Walker  Strm  and  liroadway 
J  deconued  with  cu!..ed  lantern.,  and  fla,H.  and  Bmu.i 
trannparenceH.  beannu  the  nan.e,  «f  the  dntuigui^hed  meo 
Whu^were  eonueo.vd  with  the  .ubn.arin,  telegraph  ent.^. 


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The  front  of  Nos.  37  t  uiul  :J7f.  Hrou  I'.vay  was  tftstffully 
•irranpcd  with  the  flags  and  omhh-.ns  of  \^^^^h^u^  anj 
Anu-rica  aurin-  the  .lay.     There  were  large  transpareneieH. 

On  the  central  one,  headed 

"  TiiK  Anglo-Saxos  Twins," 
were  t%vo  f.RMrcs  repros.M.ting  Englan.l  and  An.erien,  in 
the  persons  of  John  Hull  and  Ikother  .lonaihan.  the  Cable 
uniting  their  two  hearts.     IJnderneatl;  was  the  follown.p 

verse :  * 

•'  The  hnitlnT«  ncotl  no  bulwarks, 
No  towt  TJ'  al'>i>!!  the  Mocp  ; 
<>■,'  iHnnli  is  (»n  tin-  iii."intnin  -.vuvo. 
Our  liulitiiink'  tliroMtfli  tin  .U-oi.." 

On  the  h'ft  was  another  large  transpari-ncy,  representing 
two  first-class  ships  of  war  engaged  in  deadly  strife. 
Under  the  sea  of  blood  arc  represented,  not  the  glonrs.  but 
the  realities  of  war-hnndreds  of  human  beings  were  ««,,. 
Hinking  as  a  chain  of  .h^ath.  The  baekgroun.l  repreBented 
the  De.non  of  IJustruetion.  This  picture  was  snnply  de- 
scribed as  the  "  Past." 

To  the  right  was  a  con.panion  picture  called  the  1  reiH 
cm."  This  was  represented  by  the  N.agam  and  the 
Agamemnon  engaged  in  the  peaeefullaying  of  the  Cable 
cmanaling  from  which  sparkles,  in  •^•^^tnc  fire^  te  wor 
-.« Peace  on  earth,  to  men  cood-w.ll.  Ih.  ba.K 
gronnd  represented  the  hand  of  Ood  ussisl..g  n.  th..  won 
derful  work^with  the  words  of  Captam  Hudson:      OoJ 

lias  been  with  ns."  I.-Urm 

No.  424  Broadway  had  a  fine  tran.parencv .     1  h.  Ktten. 

..  R  »  ..  V  "  were  at  each  of  the  upper  r.-ruern  ;  at  t  .. 

'  ♦!...  iTnfflish  and  Aineritan  «hiclui. 

bottom  comers  were  the  ^ngiisn  »"» 

In  the  middle  was  the  following  : 

Have  ma^le  a!!  tmtl.M.H  llio  IJmicJ  StotCM. 


'•Ai'l 


«.  r»J 


>>f': 


.•'%>», 


lames 
""•o^v.  ,he  Cable,  r^^^lr  ^uT'  ^  ''"^^^««^  «"J  Morsk. 
^'"'  ^v'onl  ..  Uni  nP'    '  ^        ^'^  ^^''^  '-^"^1  London,  with 
•"^^"n.on  in  tl.e  distant-,. .' '        ''''^''  ^'''  "^^'^"^^'^  ^^"^  ^^a- 

-casion,  invsente^r  -mi  ,•"'"'''''  ^"'""  ^^'"''  ^-^  ^he 
l-fusHy  ,leoora«vl  wit,,  ^Z  'TT''^'     '^'^'^^  "^- 

f  J;'-,  that  on  the  centre  one  of  p?     ,     ''''"°  "  '^^^^"^  ^^ 

"  1'''o  Atlantic  TehL,.,  ,,, .      '"'''  '"  ^^■'''^^'^  ^^'^'^  ^-^^ten  : 
"vcr  the  He«.'.  ""'  ^''  '"^"^^'l  through  all  nations 

^'•^  ^"""^vn.g  ,.,,,..  ^     "'"''  ^'•^^'  -"  ^?u.  l,.r.     Above  was 

"»K;'u,l?;:Vo';":;,:/.;-;.''.y-co,,un.„oo,,  i,,  „.,„ 

*"*'«^'     Ihe    abuvo    in.  ^     .  ""^''»-n  Nations.  • 

•^«;«<iMMn.i.,i,  l.v,.       ,  "  ''^1*^'»'«    were    thoV; 

.  '■'>"»*•''"•  (;Hhin  „.  1,  ^^>agara   and 

hearniLMh.»  un..-    .  1.  '^' ^^''^^  hc-tw,.,.,,  fi 


a«»s 


rf*«d  iiogi, 


■•'"•'J^nd  n,ni 


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'■'^^^a.  8i«-ajounted  by 


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47 

The  «xtcrior  of  t'\o  ostahlislimont  on  tlio  north-rft-^f 
corner  of  Hrouilway  and  Ihooinu  Htrrrts,  wns  porgtMiuslv 
flecoratfil. 

Tha:  of  11>7  Broatlway  ha'l  tliis  irisi'iiptitui  : 

'i^'litnitij;.  nnl  "  liv  fliiitidcr"  tlioy  slttill  iumt  U»  Jivon'til." 

Tho   Sr.  Ni<'ln»las   lintol   tloroiatioiis  \v«'n»  ninong  tin* 

fliiost  on  Jtroadwav.     T'u'  roof  was  ortiaiiioiit«'«l  with  tlirri* 

lar^tj  flngs — two  Aiiifricaii  and  onr  lirit'iHh.     SuHprmlctl 

across  th«  street  were  the  Anifricaii,  Freni'h  and  SpaniBh 

ensijrns,  and  immediately  under  them  floated  a  banner  bcur- 

inu;  the  following  iiiMMiption  : 

"A  iiurtiKii  iif  till-  fir!«t  «iil)iimriiie  CaMo  luttl  liy  (Nil.  Sain.  Colt,  in 
1S4:{.  IrDiii  Now  York  to  ('iiiu-y  Islainl,  via  llcll  (Jato.  Man  pro|Mi<»o^ 
— (io<l  dispose!".''  , 

Three  fine  transpanMJcies  ornftineiited  the,  marble  front 

of  this  bnilding.     The  centre  piece  reprenented  Buchanan 

and  Victoria  shaking  liandy,  the  Niagara  and  Aganiemnon 

beujg  Rcen  in  the  distance.     On  each  side  of  these  figures 

hung  the  flags  of  the  United  States  and  CJreat  Britain,  ond 

underneuth  tluj  entire  was  the  single  word : 

"  RKC'II'KOCn  Y." 

The  second  transparency  represented  John  Bull  and 
Brother  Jonathan  united  by  means  of  the  Atlantic  Cable. 
Pillars  on  each  side  of  the  figures,  on  which  were  wreathed 
the  names  of  Morse,  Iludsoii,  Maur>'  and  Everett  on  one 
Ride,  and  Franklin,  Steers,  Field  and  Cooper,  ou  the  othor.^ 
Beneath  was  a  figure  of  Morse,  holding  un  umbrcUft  in  hi^  - 
hands  and  treading  upon  ligiitning,  surmounted  with  the 
following  inscription : 

"Mouse,  thk  LioiiXNiNa  Tamkii." 

The  third  transparency  embraced  a  number  of  figures. 

if*'*'  »  4lS 


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"-rirtlons:  •*"""  "^'"^^^  ^-.o  th.  fol^ii;:' 

l''N-m:i,  KOKEV.  „ 

^'  ^''"  '^"ovvmcr  was  seen  • 
^'".-''^T  never  Cuii^^rSil 

♦  Monday,  An;.„st  lo   ik>c 

.■       m...e.i;r-:rs^;!;--^^  '••-..'• 

» "PM.  John's  Ho,.o«  J-     ,        ""-"""rtwu,..,,  , 
V*T8ev..rn„ce  Jmv.  ^'''P'^yod  n  .ncto  •  -.  r     ■ 

.  T'"' McC :;:  m''"' • -•• '°"" 

.    VMe  front  «...  ,         ''  '"'"  ••"•  A„„r„a„  ,,   ""  "•••^- 


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49 


Chinese  Iftutonis.  The  hnil.liuir  in  five  stories,  with  thirty 
windows  on  oaoh  Hour.  Sixty  t ylindriial  lanterns  wcro 
run  ou  imnJL'(liat««ly  bflow  the  ctlpe  of  the  roof,  thirty 
spherical  lanterns  in  the  faeeof  the  front,  an<l  a  correspcml- 
ing  row  of  eylimlrioal  lanterns  ovrr  the  plinth  of  the 
second  lloor  windows,  the  general  effect,  even  by  daylight, 
being  very  picturesque. 

Niblo's  Garden  had  over  the  portico  the  Union  Jack  and 
American  flag  with  the  lyre  of  Tc»i)8ichorc  in  dead  white  ; 
transparency  inscribed,  "When  the  m"diitndo  saw  it,  they 
ninr/eled  and  glorified  God,  that  such  power  was  given 
unto  men." 

Laura  Keeno's  Theatre,  was  tastefully  decorated  with 
the  flags  of  all  nations.  In  front  were  models  of  the  Niagara 
and  Gorgon,  working  by  machinery  and  firing  salutes  ot 
appropriate  interxals  in  the  passage  of  the  procession. 
Outside,  was  a  large  transparency,  representing  a  stage 
with  footlights,  scenery,  &c.,  &c.,  bearing  the  motto  : 

"Tlicre'a  no  hiicli  tliinpf  (is  fail  for  Saxon  bli)0(l, 
Wlivrevcr  pours  tlio  stream,  by  Field  or  Hooil." 

Prom  the  City  Guard  Room  to  the  Egyptian  Museum  a 
banner  suspended  across  the  street  on  which  were  tlie 
United  Slates  and  British  flags  with  the  following  : 

*•  NEW    YOHK   on  T   OrAIJlM. 

liatione  nut  ti. 

TIie8«>  aro  tlio  banners  froni  whoso  foMs  nnfurlM 
Fair  frcoflom  flings  her  blessinj^s  o'or  the  worlil." 

Burton's  Theatre  was  decorated  with  flags,  under  which 
was  a  transparency,  showing  the  (?able  line  from  "  Amer- 
ica" to  "  England,"  surmoimted  by  the  American  englc 
bearing  the  olive  branch  of  peace  in  one  talon  and  the 


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r.rkod^.ight„i„g  in  the  „t„e,..     Under  „.„ie,.  ...  the  <„,. 

wiuf  tl:;,!lS  'is:'':s  ™t;r'7 '  ,'=»*h «,.  t„„e  ,0  co™ 

''■vs.  '  '   *""  J"''*""  Pl'ily,  nnJ    luir   prosperoo. 

At  Lafiirgo  House : 

with  tl.c  lightniiiK'^  j.nint."  ^      "'^'""'  ""»»  ""ites  l^is  thoughts 

Undcrneuth,  a  transparency  of  sMn^  ., 

"Severed  July  4,  1776. 
UNITED  August  l:>,  isss" 

.^  ^^^-  I  FlELI.." 

.  At  GS3  Broadway  wore  tbo  following: 
••The  Cai'tain  of  tup  r .. 

The  Ckews  op  tup  nv., 

^  T„E  -UnUVck  ;•';?'" J^'-^"- 

CoMBiAND  Respect  WflLBEvi^n         ^"''' 

»»HtBE\ER  THEY   PYoAT." 

Also,  ft  design  representing  Science  nn^  *,     . 
Cable,  with  the  quotation  LnThlkT      " ''^^''^  ^^^'^^ 
girdle  round  about  the  earth  in  forty  "!r^^^^^^^  put  a 

At  the  Webster  Hou8o  paper  lant.rn.      . 
the  motto:         .  '   '^  *'"'"'"'' '^  l^anner  with 

^  "The    Niaoah^,  a    Floatino   Monumk.t 

Steers."  *      "^^   Oeoroe 

The  New  York  Hotel  had  a  transparency  .       . 

I  *™"cy  on  which  v^etQ 


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61 


designed  an  Englishman  pulliughy  the  liorns  abull,  towhono 
tail  was  attacluid  tho  Te'.ograph  Cnblo  ;  u  Irishiimn  on  a 
rock  in  the  ctMitro,  and  nn  Anicricr.u  at  thv  riglit  htwnl  side 
paying  out  the  Cable.  The  Englishman  says :  "  I'm  afraid 
it*8  all  up  with  us,  Mr.  Bull — the  Yankcti's  got  uh."  The 
complaisant  Hibernian  to  the  American  snvH:  "Pull  away, 
Jonathan  ;  ah,  be  jabcis !  if  tho  tail  houhls  ye'll  fetch  'cm." 
The  Amorican  replies :  '•  Keep  cool,  Pat,  and  I  reckon  we'll 
aimex  you  both."     Under  this  was  the  motto  : 

"  ExTENDiNO  ti:e  Arka  of  Fulkdom." 

At  lir)3  Broadway  there  were  six  transparencica  in 
medallion  form,  representing  John  Bull  and  Brother  Jona- 
than at  fisticnfis  in  177G.  Jonathan  on  a  slow  nag,  with 
th(i  iiisoription,  "The  Past."  Britannia — "  I'tn  monarch  of 
all  I  survey."  In  1859  Brother  Jonathan  and  John  Bull 
are  embracing  each  other  ardently,  and  are  bound  round 
with  Romething  supposed  to  be  a  telegraphic  wire,  but 
which  looks  very  ?nuch  like  crinoline.  Then  comcn 
Mercury  striding  the  waters  with  news,  and  underneath, 
the  Inscription,  "Tho  Present."  And  last.  Old  Father 
Time,  who  says,  "  My  dominion  is  invaded." 

At  No.  754  a  transparency  representing  Franklin  flying 
a  kite,  and  the  Nir.gara  laying  tho  Cable — with 


••Frnnklin, 
Morse,  Mftiiry, 
Fiflil,  IIu(l!<i>n, 
•  F.vorett,  Steers. 


Committet  on  Lightning.** 


At  No.  757,  banner,  tho  Eagle— the  Victory  of  War. 
.    The  Lion  and  Unicorn — tho  Victory  of  Peace. 


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d4Lfd:"'  ''"''■"•^■'  ""■^""-""S  in.ripri„„s  .ore 

IJLTIUXAX." 

.  ->  The  CoxyrF.ST. 

The  Spingler  Institute  rUnion  ^.         v  ,     , 

c«n  flng  ,uapcnd,.d  overa ,.  „,  ::,' T  ,','"'  ""'  ^'"^"- 
tioij :  "»  r,\Mth  the  following  inscrip- 

T J"n  ^'*'^«^^^«  Institute. 
&ENI)  Greeting 

TO 

'^nrn,  to  be  brief  wio  n  ^    i 
"'"Ch  private  o,,,.n;I   d  1    'T '"  "f  ""•  ''-'"•«<'"" 

'-^  ""known  ..ntiUftortlM':^'  u'"  ""'^  ''""  '■«■--•<=' 
"»•""  «n,|  tra„,,.are,i"  '"";.""'' "'°  S-j«»,  lantern^ 

The  cxtemni  rlrr„ratiora  of  n         ," 


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proper  to  sitrnalizo  tho  oofMsiou  l)y  tin'  display  of  hnntiim 
from  the  iioblo  spiro.  Acoonliuuly,  Imaiitln'sstMl  a  note  to 
CoiiniiOilore  K<'iirnoy,  of  flu'  Brooklyn  Navy  Yanl,  asking 
liiin  if  In?  couM  furnish  a  fo.w  coli>rs.  Tlio  n'sporiRo  was 
the  followiiiir  kind  note: 


N'aVY    YAItI>,    NkW    YnltK,  All:riMt  27, 1858. 


T>-  the  li'-r.  Frnhriek  (hjiV'ij,  D.  D.,  AK»i$(nnt  liertorof  Trinil;/  Church, 
aNVip  York  Cit;/: 

Drar  Sirt— Ah  ('ominniitlaiit  of  the  Navy  Yiird,  N'.-w  York,  it 
wouUl  iiftonl  me  proat  ploasiiro  to  fiirni««li  tlio  lliifj**  yon  n'»kod  to  ho 
loauotl,  for  f lio  Jt'lclinuion  of  tlic  Ir.yiiij; of  tlic  Atlntitic  TolcRrniili  CaLlo. 
Tlic  flacs  of  this  yard  liiivc  ah'iady  boi-u  (lispo«e<l  of  for  tho  same  piir- 
po>»c,  but  till  "Niaoaka'h  Fi.Ao.V'liavin?  Just  Iteon  lamlod,  F  am  hniipy 
to  havo  it  in  my  |in\ver  t«)  cnmjily  with  tho  Itfotor's  winh.  Ami  f 
thank  yon.  sir,  vory  iiincli  for  tin-  iiwifati.m  to  tlio  ofVi  Trs  ami  myself 
f.>  he  I'lescnl  at  a  service  so  ili-itiii;;iii«-liiil  at  Old  Trinity. 
I  am,  very  lespectlnlly. 

Your  ohi'dioitt  «crvnnt, 

LA  WHENCE  KEAUNEY. 

So  the  Niagara's  colors  were  furnished — and  beautiful 
flags  they  were.  The  St.  Ocorgii's  Society,  St.  Andrew's 
Society,  Mr.  Dale,  of  the  Liverpool  Propeller  line,  atid 
several  other  gentlemen,  also  contributed  flags.  In  occord- 
once  with  tho  recommendations  of  the  aichitccta  of  the 
church,  to  whom  the  suggestion  of  the  general  plan  of  tho 
decorations  was  conmiitted,  the  Ameiican  and  English 
flags  were  displayed,  side  by  side,  from  the  two  upper 
spire  lights,  some  two  hundred  and  thirty  f««et  from  tho 
sidewalk.  Above  tin;  battlements'  of  the  to."er,  over  ft 
hunihed  and  twenty  f«M?t  from  the  street  h'vel,  flags  of 
other  nations  were  displayed  in  groups,  on  each  sile,  throo 
together.  On  tho  north  side  were  the  Fiench,  Spanish 
and  Austrian;  on  the  south  side,  the  Russian,  Swedish 
and  Norwegian  ;  on  tho  cast  side,  looking  down  Wall 
street,  tho  Dutch,  Neapolitan  and  PotugticBe ;  on  the 
west  side,  overhanging  the  body  of  the  church,  tho  Bra- 


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54 

zilian,  Mexican  and  Chilian.  Their  appraranco  was  so 
novel  that  it  drew  an  inimenee  crowd  ot  p»'oph>  to  gaze  at 
the  apectacle.  In  the  porch  of  the  church  were  festooned 
two  superh  flags — one,  the  standard  of  the  St.  George's 
Society,  and  the  other,  the  ensign  of  the  Niagara.  These 
flags  were  suspended  from  the  centre  of  the  porch  roof,  and 
wer^-  gathered  up  at  either  side.  Beneath  tiieni  the  grand 
procession  of  the  clergy  and  Corporation  entered  the 
church. 

At  nine  o'clock  the  flags  were  displayed,  and  at  half-past 
nine,  precisely,  Mr.  James  E.  Ayliffe,  the  bellringer  of  the 
church,  began  to  ring  the  chimes,  according  to  the  follow- 
ing programme : 


1.  Chftn|,'C9  on  Eight  jJcUh. 

2.  Hail  t'olninbia. 

3.  (icHl  Save  the  Queen. 

4.  Yiuikoe  Doodle, 
f).  Eveiiintr  Hymn. 
0.  Mftrincrs<  H}inn. 

7.  The  Verona. 

8.  Vesper  Hymn. 


9.  London  (new). 

10.  IJedford. 

11.  Old  Hundred. 

12.  Evening  Bells. 

13.  Yankee  Doodle. 

14.  (Jod  Save  the  Queen. 

15.  Hail  Columbia. 

16.  Changes  on  Eight  Bolls. 


Tho  flag,  and  chimes  eoon  drew  together  an  immense 
throng  of  people,  who  pressed  hard  for  admission.  liut, 
^y  order  of  the  Rector,  tho  gate,  were  kept  closed,  and  no 

pato  m  the  serv.ccs,  was  adn.iited  without  a  ticket,  before 
hal^past  .nne.  at  «_l,ich  time  the  doors  were  thrown  pen 
Cnt"  ':«  y-- of  fiaeea  picked  patrolmen  undo 

onB™aaw.yi„orderandopeLaw:;rtti:r! 
Th.  .„ti«  centre  ai.Ie  of  the  church  wa.  reserved  for- 


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the  accommodaiioii  of  the  invited  (luost:!,  tli(>  inoiii  nt.aahle 

of  whom  were  as  follows  : 

Tlio  M.ivor  ftiid  ^'orporation  of  Now  Yt>rk. 

Tl'O  Mayors  niul  (^lI•p^)rnllo^>*  of  Uroi'kljii,  Jcr-toy  I'l'y 

and  llrjukon. 

Gem-r-.l      Srott. 

T.urd  Nftpior's  J^iiito. 

H.  H.  M.  Consuls  of  New  York  mid  Charlostoo. 

II.  15.  M.  Vico-CoiiHul  at  lliit*  I'orl. 

Fvdoral  OlVici-rs. 

Wn>*hiiij:toii  Irvinp. 

I/>rds  Uiblilcsdiik',  ('ftvcndi?<li  and  (ironvenor. 

Corn.  Kearney,  V.  S.  N.,  mid  Otlii-ers  of  tlio  Nuvy  Yard. 

Moiitroftl  Military  Oftioers. 

JudmM  of  tlio  Stftto  C'otirts. 

Onicors  of  tlio  Atlantic  Tcltgrapli  Co. 

Cttpt.  Dayman  and  Otlicois  of  ilio  Uoyal  N'avy. 

Capl.  Hudson  and  Otficord  of  iho  Ninpirn. 

Mr.  Fiel<i  was  iK»t  present,  having  pressing  previmm 
engagements  wliich  he  could  not  lay  aside.  A  number  of 
distinguished  gentlemen,  of  both  nations,  were  absent  for 
8'milar  reasons.  The  guests  wlio  attended,  generally 
arrived  before  half-past  nine,  the  hour  for  tlio  opening  of 
the  gates.  The  Corporate  authorities  o!  i>cw  York  and 
Brooklyn,  however,  entered  in  procession,  with  their  Htavcs 
of  office,  after  the  rest  of  the  congregation  had  been  Hcated. 

The  gates  were  thrown  open  at  half-past  nine  o'clock 
precisely,  when  an  immense  rush  was  made  by  the  crowd 
to  enter.  It  was  with  the  utmost  difficulty  that  the  police 
could  enforce  the  decorum  due  to  tlic  solemnitv  of  the 
building,  and  the  occasion.  Every  unreMorvcd  place  in  the 
church  waB  almost  instantly  filled  by  the  people,  and  not 
an  hundredth  part  of  those  in  ^he  street  found  accommoda- 
tion. A  dense  throng  remained  outside  iluring  the  whole 
service. 

As  the  City  Corporation  marched  in,  the  bolls  chimed 

*  fVin  nnfmnnl  Aim. 


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50 

Thn  clergy  a^scmbletl  in  the  vcntrv-rnonisof  the  church 
about  a  quarter  j.ast  mne.  So  far  as  couhl  be  ascertained, 
the  following  is  a  correct  list : 

The  Rt.  Reverend 
The  BiHhop  (Doano)  of  Now  Jersey. 

NEW  YOKK. 


Hev.  ir.  Anthon,  D.  D. 
Eihvard  Antlion. 
«T.  Graeff  Barton. 

•  Allied  H.  IJeach,  D.  D. 
"    G.  T.  Bedell,  I).  D. 

.  "     Wm.  Berrian  D.  D. 

JanicB  Boniiar. 
"     J.  11.  II.  Brown. 
"     X.W.  Camp,  D.D. 

P.  S.  Chaunccj-,  D.  D. 
"     Caleb  riapp. 

A.  V.  Cla.kson. 

r.  D.  Harriman. 
•'     S.  Cooke,  D.  D. 
"     N   E.  Cornwall. 
'•     Kicliard  Cox. 
*•    C.F..  Cruse,  D.D. 

5^.  I).  Denison. 
•*  R.  G.Dickson. 
"     Mojj;an  Dix. 

•  (».  B.  Draper. 
'•     C.  K.  Duffio. 

•  11.  Dyer,  D.  D. 
"     Lot  JoneH. 

"     F.  E.  Lawrence. 
"     A.  S.  Leonard. 
"     Chas.  ?.  Little. 
"     Wm.  S.  Lndlum. 


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Rev.  T.  A.  Eaton. 

W.  E.  Eif^onbrodt,  D.  D. 
J.  J.  Elrnendorf,  D.  D 
"    A.  ntLl.. 

E.  0.  Fla/^g-. 
'» la.  J.  J'roBt. 
T.  Gallaudet. 
George  .1,  Goer. 
Jolin  Gr'g"ff, 
C.  \V.  Hackloy,  D.  D. 
Richard  C.  Hull. 
A.  I51oouier  Hart. 

F.  L.  Hawks,  D.D.,  LL.D. 
E.Y.  Higi.iH.j).D. 
J-  H.  Hobart,  D.  D. 
J  n.  Hopkins,  Jr. 

G.  H.  Hou^-hu.n. 
R.  !^.  Howland. 
Ralph  H.,yt 
Hiram  JellifT. 
^-  R-  Johnson,  D.  D. 
S.  Sal.nry.  D.  D 
^'  "^^'.  Snuth. 
J-  A.  Spencer.  D.D. 
Alphenn  t^j.or. 

"f.  Taylor. 


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Kcv.  MiloMuliiui.  1).  I>. 

"  E.  C.  Marsliall. 

"  J.  McVickur,  D.  D. 

"  James  Millott. 

"  II.  E.  Montgomery. 

"  John  Morgan. 

"  W.  F.  Mnifran,  D.  IX 

"  W.  Monis,  LL.  I). 

"  \V.  A.  Muhl<nl)erg,  1).  1). 

"  Geo.  \V.  Nicliuls. 

"  V.  O-ill.y,  P.  1). 

"  B.  C.  ('.  I'arkcr. 

"  Georgfi  C.  I'cimell. 

••  T.  McC.  r.'ters. 
"     C\  E.  Plielps. 
"     J.  11.  Frico,  I).  T). 


Fifv.  Thymus  Tuwill. 

"  S,  H.  Tnrnor,  I).  P. 

'•  Isaac  11.  Tuttltv 

'•  Kol.ert  Travis,  Jr. 

"  K.  n.  VanKh k,  1>.  I». 

"  Antoine  V«'ircn. 

•'  J.  M.  Waite. 

"  Wm.  AValton,  1>.  D. 

"  lleiuy  1>.  Ward. 

"  F.  S.  Wiley. 

"  M.  EvaiiH  Willing;. 

"  B.  Wilsnn,  D.D.,  LI..  I). 

"  Calvin  Wcloott. 

"  J.  FreiMnan  Youiij?. 

"  J.  S.  Fnrdy. 

"  Wm.  Uiclimond. 


Ficv.  J.  S.  Spencer. 


Rev.  James  S.  BarncB. 

"  Lemuel  Burj?*;. 

<•  EUn.  CanficM,D.D 

"  J.  F.  1).  Cornel!. 

"  Inaac  F.  Fax. 

"  B.  C.  Cutler,  D.  D. 

'«  Edward  DoZeng. 

"  Jacob  W.  Oilier. 

"  T.  S.  Drownc. 

"  Edmund  Embury. 

"  Jared  B.  Flagj,'. 

"  Clias.  H.  (Jardiner. 

"  llenry  T.  Gre^'ory. 

"  Thomas  T,  Guion. 


Rev.  Wm.  0.  Farrington. 

KIVK.H   TOWN.S. 

llov.  F.  Babbit. 


nnooKi.vN. 

Rev.  1),  V.  M.  Johnson. 
"    Evan  M.  Johnson. 
"     Isaac  r.  Labaj^h. 
"    W.  H.  Lcwirt,  D.  D. 
"    J.  A.  Paddock. 
"     Francis  Peck. 
"     0.  IVrinchief. 
"     Chaw.  S.  Putnam. 

E   F.  Remington. 

W.  W.  Seymour. 

Henry  A.  Spafaid. 

F.  Trii.p. 
"     Robt.  J.  Walker. 
"     E.  Wheeler. 


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^^-^  A.  H.  Pinr-lr-. 


f>9  t]-\xt>-*  Ar^j. 


"     rVtfft  K  Ifvin;.' 

'      Mr  f}'trfl,n. 
Mr.  f'r't*-^. 


H  L   E.  Pratt. 

Mr.  Shactf-lf  .,r<L 

Mr.Ca-Iv. 

E.  M.  Peck. 


'i'v.  Iknj.  Eaton. 
'n.«  mir/fctm  brought  th.^ir  .urpliccs  and  ml,.^  •     .t. 

•nd  T^^nrA  ,o  the  .^rgan  loft     The  cf  "'"^'^  """^'^ 
-ol.:rt«d  from  ih.^  ,^  the  nrnLlP  •'"'''  """^  ^""^^""y 

TUEIILBH. 


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MlM(»«.lI|t,  of  Cftlrar;  n.urnli. 

MIm  4lf>fid«rln,  of  Trinity  ('|,n|H»I. 

Jfm.  Ilotdilnffi,  of  Trinity  (jjHrci, 

Mm,  Wiilt^T,  of  Trtnily  (Jfupt-l. 

Mr«.  Iluarnc.  of  th«  VMrrh  of  il.,ly  Apoitl.;,. 


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AliTOS. 

Mr.  GrnnviUe,  of  Trinify  C'Liirrh. 

MissMftryCJellio.  of  Calvary  Church.  ,  ,    r  ...„ 

Mi.s  Hodge.,  l.ircctor  of  M.hu-,  C  l.risl  Cl.nr.h,  Norwich.  Coua. 
M.     'fobjolin,  St.  Thoiniw'  Clmrcli. 

TKNOKS. 

Mr.  Dcane,  of  Trinity  Chnrch. 
Mr.  Peck,  of  Trinity  Cimrch. 
IL. Hurley,  of  Trinitj  Clnirch. 
Mr.  C.ood.  of  Trinity  Chapel. 
Mr.Gleahill,  Jr.,  of  Trinity  Clmpcl. 

11A8SKS. 
Mr.  Hrowne,  of  Trinity  Ch-.rch. 
Dr.  Guilractto,  of  Dr.  Mc  Auloy's  OhurcV.,  Fiftli  avenno. 
Mr.  Cooke,  of  Trinity  Ohapel. 
Mr.  SaflFord,  of  Trinity  Chnrch. 

BOYS. 

Gamble,  (2)  of  Trinity  Ch«pc\. 
JmnM  Brown,  of  Trinity  Cliiireli. 
II.  E.  Drown,  of  Trinity  Clinrch. 
Sidney  Tcrhuno,  of  Trinity  Cliurcb. 

These  were  well  surtained  by  au  aceompUshcd  chom.. 

Edward  Hodge,.  ««.,.  ^"'- ^'^tu    «   T    WM 
Parish,  presided  at  the  Organ,  assisted  by  Mr  Wm.  W.l- 
"r,  or^nist  of  Trinity  Chapel,  and  Mr.  J.  F.  Huntiagton. 
organUt  of  St.  Thomas'  Church. 

Tho  internal  decorations  of  the  <='"'"='' were  of  the  n.o.t 
novel  and  magnificent  description.  Across  the  chancd. 
bLceu  tho  jamb,  of  tho  grand  arch  waa  thrown  a  fn^ 
porary  «reen.  consisting  of  three  pointed  go  h.o  arch* 
S-three  f-t  high,  sustaining  a  horizontal  pane  f«« 

feet  Ugh  ^^^'^  ""»  "■""  «"»P"'°«»'*    *'~" 


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sprung  a  lofty  central  gothic  arched  panel  eighteen  feet 

Te  c^  :     Th?: ,"■"'  '"^>-^'s'"  f-'  high  to  the  tope 

covered  wi  I,  „,  --onstruction  were  heavily 

arri,™     ""S^^"-''  "hite  and  red  cedar,  white  pine! 

evergreens  of  vanou8  hues  heing  artistically  combined  com- 
Karden  flowers  nf,,      ?       "  "'I"''*'*''  hot-l'ouse  and 

ne :  "z:r/o::s:,:t"'7 ""' ''"'^'"- ''"f™^- 

..ruction  of  the  woTrf,,,^  '"*"  '"I"'''''"" '"  *'"'  <=»"- 
numbers.  Wi  h  hvtw  r"'"  """  "'""'''  ''»'"'•»-  " 
quisUe  speei,„e       f"     Cm"  'J'"  ""''  ^"^  "''''  "" 

Bunches  oftbcseflotn,  wit?    ■"  r"'"  "'"''"'y'''- 
colnn,,,,  that  supposed  trart"^"'  "^"^""-^  »"  '^^ 
My  of  the  pillar,  and  „  tor„r'  '•"""''""'  "™""""  "■" 
The  three  a/che.,  ^ere  al  o  nrl^    T""^  ""' «'"'"  S'""""^' 
"'Inch  were  arranged  in  fi  '^        "'''  '=°™'"'"^ ""''  fl"™™- 

»f  S"«  vvhife  linen,  diX  ^   "     "'"  *''"""'"^'  "" 
brood  boarders.-flf  uver,n-„„  "  'Compartments  by 

dahlia,  was  „.,  .„. "!  "*''"  P-^-S'""'  fowers.    Among  the 


A«l>"«.  «a.  „...  ,„,;,„  „: ;7„2™"»  fl»«ers.  Among  the 
fl"t  time,  and  named,  in  hJ"  I'"'"'"  "Produced  for  the 
"""li.."  It  i.  a  large  1'"  "  "'  *'"  -■=«-"•  the  ■•  Cable 
«".  of  a  y.,„„„  g^„  ™''';  «°>^".  five  inche,  i„  dia,„. 
•l-C'-kled.  and  «p„,^,d  J  •^»^"'-  ""g-treaked,  striped, 
«-arlet.  '"'"  ^"'"u.  hues  of  erin.son  and 

Tbo  loftj-  central  arched  „»    > 

"■•ed  pane,  „.,  ^^^  ^_^^^  ^.  ^  _  ^^ 


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n-hite  linon  like  the  l.ori/.....tal  pn.u  I.  an-l  sin.il.rly  honlenMi 
with  Rvcrgrrens  ntMl  flowors.  In  this  pnnel  appear.. i  the 
inscription, 

"  Gi.onv  Tu:  to  (ion  on  hi.iii," 
in  letters  of  (lowers,  the  words  ••  Glury  he  to"  on  the  ri^ht 
base  of  the  arch,  the  wonl  -  God"  arour.d  the  p.nnt  ot  the 
arch,  an.l  the  "  c.  high  "  on  the  left  ba.e.  Ka.h  word,  ex- 
cepting  the  title  ..f  the  IV.ty,  ^vaH  in  flowers  ot  ono  color. 
The  words  "  gh.ry  be  to"  and  "on  high"  were  of  scarlet 
sword  lilv  ami  dark  roses  ;  the  word  ««  God"  was  ,n  large 
capitulB,  of  white  roses  set  upon  rod  roses  In  the  nglit 
compartment  of  the  horizontal  panel  were  the  words, 

"And  on  Eautii," 
ir.  gotliic  cnrif<l«.  composed  of  rose,,  of  vnrio™  l.«08  blue 
hyLngo„'  »nd  verbena,.    In  the  central  compartmont 

were  tho  wotuJf 

"Peace,  Good-whx," 

in  gothic   capitals  of  scarlet  zinnias,    white  phlox   and 
Chinese  asters.    In  the  left  compartment  were  tho  words. 

•        •  ■* 
ill  Gothic  capitals, 

"TowAi!D9  Men," 
tho  flowers  being  aimilnr  to  those  in  the  f.rst  compartment. 
In  the  epaco  i..do8c<l  by  tho  central  arched  panel  wa.  a 
qnatrcfoil,  aptly  symbolizing  the  four  quarters  ot  tho  world, 
whoso  bringing  together  was  the  occasion  of  the  senaces. 
Tho  quatrefoil  was  covered  with  evergreens,  ami  rehevcd 
by  an  immense  variety  of  nowers,  prominent  «•  ™g  which 
wero  dahlia., of  many  hues,  roses,  of  severa  v«>.o  '«•  »""^» 
splendens,  and  the  new  and  superb  (blue)  .l-lphimim 
fLosum.  In  the  centre  of  the  quatnfo.l  wa.  a  fivo- 
pointed  star,  intended  to  »y.nboli/e  the  five  races  of  men. 


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"ere  ,.f  beau,  M  ll"  '^  "    "''"'«  P'''"^'  ""''  "-  point. 

«♦-  In  .he  ce,.tre.  who™  1  , "^  '"^"^''  P'''"^"'  'i«'' 
-"  .  circle  or  ,earlet  dlwia  a,  ,"  V"'  *'"  ''P"^'"' 
«"d  an,,,  were  of , carle,  ,'     T.     ^  '""T  "  '"*  ''^ 

fifty  feet  from  the  n„„r  „r  ,  ^'"^  '"P  "^  'he  crosa  was 

from  -e  foot  of  the  sereen  Th  ^^°'''  ""^  ''''^■'-""e'"  ^<^' 
fre  wa,  almost  indesenbnble  ""'  "^  "'"  "'""'=  ^"•"'^- 
-y  the  .„„,i„g  ao^ral  -r '1'  "•"^■"  '■^""'"  "P 
window,,  and  atan.lini-  out      °  '■°'"  "i"  clerestory 

™'«r-  of  the  great  CaZ  TT  "'"  ^"Wued  and  solemn 
•■"i  there  through  Vo  ai^  ,?      "'  ""'='■  "'"^  »cen  here 

A"»«ie  Cable.  b„'„d  w^  '  '"^^  ""S  of  .ho  genuine 
"l-mrock-  a„„  thi^.^.V^      f '"•    ,^  """I'-t  of  rose, 

high^    The  caoopy  fo^eTl'';."  "'r"""'  """P^'  *«"  f™' 
Of  the  rarest  n„r.,  p,„,     t,,f  J"™       ,''""1"''' »<""?«''» 
.c^le,  white  .„d  ori,„,'„    "  '^:';;'P"'  -lo„  being  blue.  . 
green  le.ve..  e™eifulij.  „„er,p„3,j  ,^j^^    . 

The  pulpit  wnq 

«owe™  .bontthe"::::::^  ';;•'■; -'^'-e  tracery  of 
wro.thsof«ower.r„nni„g;,tt-«r.ree„.   „„. 

""gles,  wore  supplied 


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63 

to  all  the  pr\nels,  and  on  even'  angle  was  a  bouquet  ft*  » 
finil.  The  tout  ensemble  of  Ihesc  floral  tlecoratioiis  was  un- 
prccedentetlly  striking,  anil  the  ex«'cntion  of  the  design 
reflected  th«!  highest  credit  npoii  the  taste  of  the  uirtisU 
who  were  engaged  npon  it. 

The  whole  neighbor'uood  of  New  York  waa  scoured  for 
the  flowers,  and  every  grcenliouso  or  garden  of  any  prom- 
inence within  twenty  miles  fnrnislied  its  tribute  to  the 
grand  design.  The  perfume  of  all  these  exquisite  flowers 
was  almost  overpowering,  and  fllled  every  corner  of  the 
church  with  the  most  delicious  aron»j>. 

On  the  second  and  third  pill&is,  on  t»  J  right  side  of  tho 
nave,  looking  from  the  chancel,  large  English  flags  were 
festooned  over  the  seats  occupied  by  the  English  diplo- 
matic representatives  and  oflicers.  On  the  two  corre- 
sponding pillars,  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  nave,  over  the 
seats  occupied  by  the  oflicers  of  the  Niagara  and  the 
Directors  of  the  Telegraph  Company,  were  suspended  two 
American  flags. 

At  ten  o'clock  the  clergy,  in  their  siirplioes,  formed  in 
the  vestry-room,  and,  the  bolls  chin.ing  "Old  Hu..dred," 
they  marched,  two  and  two,  out  of  the  north  door  of  the 
church,  through  the  chu;ch-yard  along  tho  northern  wall 
to  the  grand  doorway.  The  sexton,  with  his  mace,  pre- 
ceded  the  clergy,  bareheade.l ;  next  canu.  the  deacons,  Uvo 
by  two,  next  the  priests,  two  and  two,  and  the  Rt.  Rev. 
the  Bishop  brought  up  the  rear. 

Assoon  as  the  procession  had  reached  the  grand  entrance, 
the  organ  burst  forth  in  a  joyous  voluntar>'.  The  congre- 
Ration  rose  and  turned  towards  the  middle  aisle,  while  the 
procession  marched  up  the  aisle  until  the  deacons  niched 


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"""-■'"«"  in   £;""''''•  «'..I  all-it/"''"'  *'""'^P'^«' 

"Tl.o  for  I  •  .  '''''"  •  '"'^  cljoir  burst 

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Crcigh.on.lso  sai,l  the  exhortation,  and  led  in  the  Ooueral 
Oonfe^-ou.  The  choir,  with  organ  accompaniment,  chanted 

V^nitf  Exult rmu4  Domino. 

For  .1.0  Lord  i,  a  great  G„d ,  .,d  „  g,c„,  Ki„g  .b,,„  „,,      ,, 
Tho,c«l.hi,„„dl,e„„Ai,;  »„dl,i.  l,„„d,  pr.par.rf  .h«.lr.l„,J 

..,d"';;,:;t;.":nr,rd "°"  ^  -" "° '™  "■»  '•°"-'° »'  ■■"  '--■ 

(irory  hot,,  .1,0  I„(l,c.p,  and  to  .1,„  S,,,^  „„,,  ,„  ,,,„  „„|^  ,„,„,, 

As,.  wa>,„.l,ol„.si„„i„K,i,  now,  „„J  over  -1,«I1 1,.,  worl.l  .n,l,„« 
c'l'i. — Avifn. 

The  music  for  tl.o  rr«,Vr  wn«  an  octuvc  chant  by  Jono«, 
m.ich  adniircl  by  Haychi  whni  he  heard  if,  sun^r  by  three 
thousand  children  in  i^t.  VmW  Ctthedral,  London.  It  w«« 
"  Rrand  chant,  and  most  correctly  rendered,  the  clergy 
nnd  congregation  Htand::g. 

The  Tenth  selection  of  Psalms  from  the  Pnulter  wuh 
next  Haid  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Oeighton.  the  congregatirm 
standing  and  respon.ling.  The  psahnn  of  thJH  Heh-ction 
were  pccnliarly  a|.[.ropriate  t.,  the  occ/wion,  an<l  the  open- 
ing and  closing  psalms  were  an  follows  : 


f    "': 


^^■■■'■y  y.  Hi   ip,.r 


'-^  ---aiamen:  of  bU 


Pr»I^5.:.,  ...  ■       ■  *  ""°  '-^  ^--^lamen:  of 

^-a^-*-  ;  ;  ^.  :.   ,.  •  -'*•"  ^P^n  the  late 

f-* '■••■•  :'■-..,.,.,     .  r-^'^eh:,:   nron  the  loaJ 

'>ui>r  out  into  the 

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«_.tj.  the  JIo,y  Gho«t,  art  most  high  in  the  g.o,v  of  (Jo.!  L  VaiU^r. 

After  the  G/or/a.  the  congrogation  woro  routed,  an.l  tl,o 
Rev.  Dn  Hawks,  Rec.or  of  .^alvary  Chunh.  rcvul  the  First 
Lesson  from  Isaiaft  xl.  3.  The  most  striking  vcr..s  of 
the  diopter  were  the  followinfr  • 

-•  "^^'h^"  tJ'on  passcst  th, .h  the  wnf.r.  I  will  I.o  «i,h  tl.ce-  fl„.I 

17.  Whid,  iM-ingeth  forth  the  H.nriot  nn.l  th.  hor...  the  nr.nv  „,  ,1 
tl.e  p,.wc.r ;  thoy  sha.I  lie  <lo«n  to^othcr,  tlu-y  shall  n..l  ,i,o  ;  th.;.  ...o 
fxtinct.  th.y  are  <itK-iiche(1  nn  tow." 

I^.  "  Hohuhl.  I  will  ,lo"«  .unv  thin^:  now  i,  .hall  »|.rin;r  forth;  shnll 
>o  .u.t  n„u-  it  >  J  u  ill  even  ,nnkc  a  w.y  in  tho  wihlcrn...  „n.l  river. 
Ill  the  ik'st-rt. 

A/^er  Mie  Irsaoii  canir  thr  gr.'at  li-atiir..  of  (he  «,..-viee, 
that  sacred  hviim, 


7'e  JJenrii   Lit'iil,iv\iin. 


''^^e  praise  th...,  O  (i.,.I ;  avo  «rkn..wi.  ,l,v.  .ho.  to  W  the  lord 
Ail  tf.o  oarth  .h.th  wor>hii.  thfo.  Ih..  I.rh,  r  ..veriaMu.^- 
To  th.e  all   AnH«  cry   ahM.l;   ,{,.   lu,,,,,,,^  „,„,   „„    „,^. 
t/ioroin. 

To  thee  Chernhijn  nii.l  S.  laphim  rr, ,fi,„i,.,l|v  ,],,  ,.,.v, 
Holy,  Holy,  Holy,  Lord  (hhI  of  .<:il,I,;,..th  ;   ' 
Ili-avon  and  earth  arc  lull  ,.f  tl,.-  M„j,.siy  of  thv  ^Mory. 
The  ,,'Iorion«  rM,„,,,,„y  of  the  Apn^lirs  |"„uiM,.  IImc. 

The  poodly  f..Ih,w«l.i|,  of  the  i'roj.h.ts  j.raiv,.  tl,..,." 

Tho  nohio  anny  (,f  Marty .s  jiraiH.-  ih.e. 

The  holy  Chnrrh  thron^I.ont  all  il...  u  „rl.!  ,|oth  a.k  no«  I..,!,,,,  y],,^ 

The  Futlier  of  an  infinite  MajcMx  : 


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li  iii'l 


Ml< 


H^.if!i'Wiii;p»    w'lwi   I   ,1     ^m  \twi^mn\   %   i!iP|,."j 


^'- the  I  l;!"'''-""''""'^  So,,; 

T"-  «i,,?s,  at ,  ""■"  '"  '"'  ''"eve™  '  '"■•"''■  """■  **'  "F" 


A'l'l  we  u,>,  1  •  ^  ^''<'t'; 

"^  '•   .avc  ,„,,  '-^  f'-s  day  witl,.,,t  sin 

'  "^i  nie  never  h, 


•ti-lastui''. 


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The  rest  of  the  Te  Dcum  wns  uii  altornation  of  solon. 
ducts  and  clioniscs. 


Rev.  Dr.  Bedell,  of  the  Church  of  the  Ascmsion,  then 
read  the  Second  Lesson  fro.r  Kevelutiona  iv.,  the  ujost 
apprc^^riate  verses  being  us  fol  ows: 

10.  "  The  four  nna  twenty  elders  lall  down  before  lliiii  timt  Hat  on  tlie 
throne,  and  worship  niin  tliat  livoth  for  ever  nnd  over,  mid  can  their 
crowns  before  the  tlirono,  saying, 

11.  Thou  nrt  worthy,  O  Lord,  to  receive  glory  and  power;  for  thou 
hast  created  all  things,  and  for  thy  pleasure  the.,  are  and  were  created." 

After  the  Lesson  the  congregation  rose,  and  the  rlioir 
sung  the 

Benediduf.    St.  Luke  L,  6ft. 

"  niessed  he  the  Lord  ('.od  of  Inracl ;  for  he  hath  visited  and  rodoeiniMl 
his  people;  . 

And  hath  raised  np  a  mighty  Palvation  fur  us,  in  the  hons«  of  hin 
Ht-rvant  David ; 

As  ho  si>ako  by  tho  month  of  his  holy  prophctH,  which  hnvo  been 
J<ince  the  world  begun  ; 

That  we  nhoiill  bo  saved  from  on--  cr.cmfec,  and  from  the  hand  of  all 
that  hate  us.' 


^ij 


The  music  was  part  of  he  same  service  in  •'  I)"  to  which 
the  Te  Deimi  belonged,  and  wns  nnich  in  the  same  style, 
with  perhaps  greater  \)\w  of  fancy  for  the  organ  accom- 
paniment. 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Creighton  then  led  in  the  ApoHth!'H  Ooed, 
after  which  all  kneeled  doWn,  and  the  Kev.  the  IJector  of 
the  Parish,  the  venerable  Dr.     errian,  said  the  balance  of 


Hi' 


HHyiJ    mi  111  II, iww I. IP"     II    *n 


nii!«n>^Wr-"s««*flP»  -—• —  *»j 


70 

Morning  Plrayrr  to  tha  minor  heneAicrlon.     Jmt  bpfore  the 
General  Thank.ojrivine,  he  said  the  foUowinir 

SjttiAL  JIrayf.r  for  a  Cabi.k  Sei'.vi.  r.. 
(Alloirftl  hj  the  BiArjf. ) 

"0  f>j«l,  whrtsc  novur-fiilin;^  Provi<ienc»ronloroth  all  th»ng-«, 
Koth  ill  h<*.»;on  and  earth;  we,  thvhnmhlo  aorv  r ;,  }>.,w  U^fore 
rhrr,r,wiiinpthat  fmm  theft  all  ntrenprth,  all  wis.l..m,  puw^-rari'l 
mij,;ht  fill  r.irne.  Wp  praise  theo  for  thy  jj.i.j.l;i.  -is  iin-i  w..n- 
drrfnl  wirkrt  to  thf*  rhil.lr'»r  .,f  mt-n,  ainl  acknowledge  thy 
gracious  hand  in  .ill  that  too  *  compli.sh  upon  earth.  Kspeci- 
ally  thJH  d»v  <!>  wf  rccoj^'nize  tiiy  gTHidrirsH  and  mercy  in  the 
w  )nd  rful  w-.rk  f.r  wliich  we  now  bh-»jj  and  ma;^nify  thy 
j(!  .rioHH  name.  Thou,  wh-i  alone  Hpn-iuLst  out  the  heavens 
and  rulost  tlio  ra.'in/  »f  tin-  sea,  didst  in  thy  rm^rey  p-iiide  thy 
nrrv^nu  throu'/l.  thr-  peiih  r.f  thf  j,'n-at  d-'ep.  md  enuhlc  them 
to  lay  in  tl..  r.ii-hty  wiiters  that  h..nd  whirl,  ii.,w  unit-s  di.stant 
nriti..iH  'ir..rit.  O  I,ord,  th.it  th.)«e  wh.,  are  so  wonderfully 
i  .iri.d  t..otli.r  rn'.v  n.-ver  I..-  p;:t  .xsundi-r  J.y  enmity  or  strife, 

'•/ r"''"J'''' r  |,   s-     :,.     .May  it    he   instrum.-nf.il    in    hearinj? 

o;.!y  tl.r  n.-  ,-  ,, f  |..  u--.-.  .•xf..ndiii;r  tl..-  -hid  tidii.-s  ofsal- 

xriti..n.  tlr   -,.,,..  I  ,,f  tt.y  ,l,.;ir  S..,.,  and  histonin-  th-  dav  when 

f' '•''>'  '''"■'  •'«■  ft'-  '^'rll.   hhill   ri..;   th.it  hkssedsun- 

■  !••  a.-,,  on  ..arih,  j,„  ,.i.,,.,ll  t.w.ird.s  m.-n."  .Vnd  x„  thy  jrreat 
n'.r,..  .,»..tin.,.  aH.r.l...d  .,11  l.,.„.,r  .a,d  pr.u....  thn.u-h  Jesus 
r^.rMt,  xnr  I.  .i.|  ■•     .\,ni'„. 

Aft.r  tl,.-  (M„.r:.l  Thatiksiri  i,,^,  th..  Ilev.  Rector  said 
thr  followi.,.,'  ,Sp...  id  ThaiikHqivit.e,  ar  il...  rr.iuest  of  Cant. 
IlfidjKiti  and  til.-  oiricTs  of  the  N'iairara  : 

'■  Mom  frnirh.u,  L  ...1.  u|.,.ho  ,n,n-y  is   ov.r  all    tl.y  work^- 
wo  praise  thy  h-.ly  n..n.o  that   tJ.ou   '.ast   l„-,n  p!,.a^.■.^  to  run- 
dun  „.    waf.-ty.   lhr..„,M,   tJ...   p,.r,|s  ..f  ih,-   ^^r.at    d.-,  ,,    tl...... 

...-rvanti..  wl...   now:  .l.-.p-  t..   nturn  tl.-ir  ti,ahk.  ,n.t.,  tl,....    ,„ 


P/iMWf'*  ^■■"■w.jIw.i^fliiU'i 


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thy  holy  Church.  May  they  be  «h»ly  Hynsiblo  of  thy  inrrclfiil 
providence  towards  them,  and  ever  express  their  thankrulncBH 
by  a  holy  trust  in  thco,  and  olicdionco  to  thy  laws  ;  throu;^h 
Jesus  Christ  our  Lord."    Amen. 

Rev.  Dr.  OgHby  niirrminccd  that  the  Lord  lii.shop  of 
Montreal,  who  was  expected  to  represent  liie  Kpgii^h 
Church,  was  absent  unavoidably,  on  account  of  engaK*?- 
nieuts  ujadc  prior  to  the  announcement  of  this  service.  Tlie 
Rt.  Rev.  the  Provisional  liishop  was  absent,  for  a  himilar 
reasoL. 

Rev.  Dr.  Ogill)y  then  announced  the  A'lthein,  Psaini 
cxxxiii.  of  the  Psalter: 

Ts A i.M  c X X X i  J i .     AVcc,  <iiinm  h-m u m  ! 

"  r.ehi.ld,  h  »w  •,'<)  .d  and  jnyful  a  thing  it  is,  bivllir«Mi,  t. 
dwell  tooether  in  unity  ! 

2.  It  is  like  the  jirccious  (liutrncnt  upon  tlio  head,  that  ran 
down  unto  tlic  l.tMid,  ovcii  unto  Aaron's  Ix-ar-l,  and  went  down 
to  the  skirts  of  his  clothin^r. 

3.  Like  as  the  dew  ..f  Hi-nnnii,  a  hich  f-Il  u|'<.n  tlic  hill  of 
8ion. 

4.  For  thcro  the  T-ord  pruinis.Ml  liis  M.sxiii)^',  aiid  lite  fcr 
evermore.'' 

This  was  sunt^  to  .in  nnthcni  coniposid  by  Dr.  J<din 
Clark  Whitfield.  It  wax  a  pleasing  but  an  nnj.retendiiiL' 
work,  si'lected  upon  this  occasion  on  aicouni  of  the  pe.iiliir 
appropiiatiMiesH  of  the  W(.rds  "  Uehohl.  Ik.w  u.mmI  an.i  joy- 
ful a  thing  it  is,  bnthrt-n,  to  d\\eil  lou'cther  m  iinit\." 

liev.  Dr.  ()Kill>V  then  aiilMMi:.  ed  lliMf  an  .i-l.ii.-.  uo.ild 
be  delivi-red  by  the  Kiuiil  It' \  •  H'.'  Hi-'I'-p  "^  ^'  ^^  .'.r*';.  • 
Tb.'   diMinmiiHlied   prel.He    in     I.im   robes    l....k     a     iM.,itio„ 


«■  :'1 


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ju8t  under  the  central  arch  of  the  screen,  in  t)je  rear  of 
the  loctem,  and  spoke,  with  great  deliberation  and  oni- 
phasis,  a«  follows: 


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"  Glory  he  to  God  on  high,  and  on  earth  peace,  pood-will 
towards  men." 

This  was  the  message  of  the  angels  to  the  shepherds  .m  the 
plain  «.f  Bethlehem,  when  the  incarnate  Saviour  of  tho  worM 
was  cradled  in  tlie  manger.  Thiw  wa.s  the  message  of  the 
augrls,  by  the  .\tlantic  Telegraph,  to  their  western  sons  ;  and 
thiH  shall  l)e  the  Anglo- American  message  to  the  ends  of  tlie 
whole  earth.  "  Glory  he  to  G(.d  on  high,  and  on  earth  peace, 
goo.l.will  towards  men."  Was  over  utterance  so  fit  ?  Wrs 
ever  nttcratice  ho  Btartling  ?  Was  ever  utterance  so  scdemn, 
HO  Muhlime  •'.  Flashing  out  from  the  burning  realm  of  Christian 
h.'urts  in  In-laiul  ;  flashing  along  througli  the  caverns  of  the 
«.-.i  ;  fl.iKhing  along  among  the  burh-d  treasun-s  of  the  <leep  ; 
lh»slung  along  through  the  lair  <.f  old  leviathan  ;  flashing 
along  among  the  remains  of  th.-m  wh..  perished  \n  the  flood  ; 
fluHh.t.g  up  among  the  primeval  forests  of  Newfoundlan.l  and 
H;.shn,g  out  fm,,,  ,l„.,e  thmnghout  the  w-.rld  I  A  consecrated 
lightning,  consreraling  the  v,ry  ocean  through  which  it  tra 
v..rs..M  :  cmsyc-rating  .his  glorious,  blessed  day  ;  consecrating 

7'"^'  "7V  \"""' *"■'"'    "'^'    "'■   ^'"^'l^""l-the    banner  of  a 

thousand  f.ghts  ;  n.nserrating  the  stars  that  glitter  on  the 
ttag  ..f  fre,.d..,n.whi..h.  in  h.ss  than  a  century,  has  won  fortius 
n»t...n  Its  place  an.ong  th.-  anei.nt  en.pires  of  the  world,  and 
whuh.  wh..r.-v,.r  the  rights  ..f  un-n  are  to  b.  assorted,  forever 
tlMts  and  b!a....K  ,n   ih.-  van.     ('.u.s,..rating.  shall   1    „,„   .av 

l..d....dfrM.nds.c,.ns,..r:.,in,^  ane^s•.,u^  h.-aa..  to  ,1...  love  :.; 
man  and  t..  the  jrh.ry  .,r  .h.  l.v.n,^  Cod.  It  is  re.o.ded  of  ,he 
UU.^oflIann.bal.th..t,,..^...u,,.,,.,,,,,,...^,^^,,   .^^^^^^^ 

b.shea,hen    ahar.   to    ...ar    ....Tnal    I,:.,,..,    ,.,,„,,    ,. 

sb.d  we  not  come  „p  b..n   ,,,.,,,      hav.  .„„.„,.„..,  .,„; 

W-^laN.  to  renew  b,..oM.   ,|„.   h..|y  al,u ,    v.,u,.,,   |„    .   .,.   , 


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peace?     Shall  we  not  here  renew  the  vowh  of  our  bupHHm, 
that  80  far  as  in  us  lies  wc  will  live  peaceably  together  ;  that. 
80  far  as  in  us  lies,  we  will  promote  that  which  makes  peace, 
and  quietness,  and  love  among  all  men  ;  that,  so  far  as  in  us 
lies,  each  in  his  several  place,  by  services,  by  8u(T<Ting,  by 
death,  if  (Jod  please,  wc  will  do  what  lies  in  us  to  bear  out  t<. 
all  the  world  lying  in  darkness,  wickedness,  and  sin,  the  peace 
and  love  of  the  Gospel  of  our  I.ord  and  Saviour  Jesus  Chrint. 
It  seems  to  me,  if  1  may  speak   it  without  irreverence,  that 
oneness  is  the  ^rcat  idea  of  God— oneness  is  the  great  idea  of 
(lod.     The  unity  of  God  is  the  great  truth.     "  There  arc  three 
that  bear  record  of  heaven— the  Father,  the  Son,  and  the  Holy 
Ghost— and   these   three   are  one."     And  again,  "  1  and  the 
Father  are  one.-'     And  in  the  beseeching  prayer,  as  If.-  was 
about  to  enter  into  the  gar.Un  of  agony,  that  "  they  n.ight  be 
one  even  as  we  are."     "  1  in  Thee,  and  Thou  in  me,  that  they 
also  may  be  one  in  us."     St.  Paul   instructs  us  that  there  .h 
"  one  body  and  one  spirit,  one  God  and  Father  of  all -one  lovr. 
one  faith!  one   baptism  ;"  an.l  then,  and  then  only  will   tlu- 
im-cliatorial  glorv  be  aecomplishe.l,  when  there  hl.all  be  one 
foM  and  one  shepherd,  Jenus  Christ  our  Lord.     Now,  it  seems 
to  me  that,  among  the  thousand  t>    ughts  that  crowd  upon  the 
,niml  in  the  cont.Mnplation  of  the  great  subject  of  this  day's 
assen.bling,  the  tendency  to  oneness  in  the  chief.     It  srems  to 
me  that,  in  a  nort,  the  edict  of  Habel  is  reversed-lhat  the  dis- 
persion of  the  nations  is  to  be  undone,  in  (Jod's  t.mc  and  ... 
God's  way,  by  bringing  ther    '  .g<>ther  as  one  n.  h.m  ;  and 
n.ight  almost  vnture  to  say,  that  we  have  in  prospect,  an  it 
were    the  renewal   and  repetition  <.f  th.  Pentecostal  wonder, 
when  all  the  nations  ..f  the  w.rld   heard  in  th.Mr  own  tongue 
the  wonderful  works  of  God  ;  whon  ma,,  shall  speak  to  n.an^ 
from   the  one  end  of  the  world  to  the  othor.  of  the  g..s,K.l  of 
the  Saviour  and  of  t'.ie  glory  of  the  Land..    (Oneness-  .ts  tend- 
ency to  ..nencBs    .s   the  h-mling   thon^.t.  i-   'ov  n.ind,  as    he 
result  of  the  great  event  which  wo   celebrate   this  day       He 
loved  friends,  I  have  come  an.ong  you  t.Mla> .  ..  avelu.g  throngl. 


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England,  „„d  withTlT  tot"";:"''  ";f  r"  *"'■""''  -»'"  «» 
rojoico  ,„  the  c„„s,„„;S  ■;""'.  "'""•■«  i«l»"de  of  the  «ea, 
••""'  well  did  (hi,  venmbrr  '"■"'"  ™*    ''""""Mly 

■  ■•"  <'.»  roioioi,,^.  of  :  aav  ^r  '""  '™'  '"'  "'""  "  "'"^ 
"Mo  handa  m  that  dcr toth  '  T  "-"y  "■■'' fro-"  veer- 
s'"" ;  «v«,.ccs  ihoy  „rc  frc'l' """^  ^"^^"^^  '"  "•« 

•hoy  have  done,  they  U^^^cZTo  „    ""  "■"  ^"'"^  '"'^^  "hich 
;•■.'".  i"  lending  the  conBccmL  ™  rf'  "  '"°^°  e'""™ 
■»n  of  <hat  altar  and  thesoT,  '  ^"  ''°"='''  ""=  ""«=cra. 

Icamo  fro,„  x™  Jo     ;  a';7rr'''':''^''-'''=To.ograph. 
^ov,  Joracy  with  mo     I  ha  "  V    T  ^"""Sht  somothing  of 
•ho  telegraph.    Thia  (c/hiwlin'?^'"  "'"  ^"""e"^'  "^ildof 
-'"Oh  haagr„„„  to  Iha       „^  "  Tt"'  ""'"^  '»  «■»  e»™ 
e'--nou,.    So  far  .s  I  hnoVand  M  '  ""r"-""  «■-'  ■"■'1 
telegraph  wire  aet  „p  at  ,1"  q„    ^'"";r'  "'i^  is  a  part  „f  the 
town  New  Joraey,  LrV  hf."?'::'  '""  "'"■'».- Morria- 
d,recl,o„  of  p„r,3,„^  Mor  e  k„„        ^  ^""''  "S".  '""lor  the 
;*"--^  «;ay,  hia  aaaocia,  Tnd  .Th  '"  ""  "^  -"'d.  and  Mr. 
Iong,h  of  three  ,„ifc,.  „„a  °«  ^-'"ho™.    U  ^aa  set  „p  for  a 

"'"""'".'»  •«'-fr"phie  Ia„g„„4°";?.  '"  tranamit  intelligible 
c..mp,„„„„  orcon.raat,,v|,h;L^,i"'  "-"'nothing  ,„  d°  fcy 
-corn  .a  no,  the  „ak..„„  g^^a  ^  »        ""^  "^'•'y-    ^ho" 
..«  .ho  man     «■„    j„i„  „1,"^„';"; '"--•  troo-tho  infant  ia 
■n  .1.0    all  gloty  „f  „,„  "  the  f„  1  y^,^^  ^^  ,,^^  ^^^_ 

monarC  oak  ,  „„,,  „„  „;„„  ,";,'';„'"'?''',"S  verdure  of  tho 
ca„on  of  ,ha,.  „hi,,  „„,  •„*'«").  the  pr„e,i„a,  appli- 
ovor,.  great  ,„vo„U„„_„.„  .^,^     ^  «•  h. "g,  „,  ;,  ,^„  ^^ '?. 

!..«!,  („„n..  'y'"«.t..l.i,e„..rgv„„^  J     '^    ""■■'  '""It,  under 

"»  ■•  »•'•'•'•'  "" 'h"o.l.  and  ,i,„^  „,„     ;  '''"y  laul.    Sp.,ce  ia, 

'""  """'hilited.    I„„ 


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sense  there  is  no  more  sen.     As  I  stand  hero  I  iVcI  flint  I  can 
lay  my  hand  upon  the  tomb  of  Chaucer.    We  can  ;ro  with  Jmly 
Georffo  Herbert  to  hoar  the  "  An -el's  Music"  from  the  hells  of 
Salisbury.     Wo  may  breathe  the  air  made  frnprant  by  the 
dyin{,'  breath  of  Latimer  ant'      dloy  ;  our  chiMion  can  unite 
with  England's  children  in  the  song  of  faith  ;  and  tlm  mvn  nf 
♦ho  West  may  stand  up  with  those  of  the  East,  wlicn  tlioy 
say  "  I  believe  in  God  the  Father  Almif^hty,  maker  of  heaven 
and  earth."     Wo  have  all  read  of  that  beautiful  ceremony 
which   was    once   celebrated— the   wcddinp  of  the   Adriatic 
Venice  and  the  fleet  of  gondolas  has  made  a  picturu  on  every 
heart  of  childhood.     Venice  is  no  lon^'er  anx.nj,'  the  nations. 
The  glory  of  tho  Adriatic  has  departed.     Ibit    now  follows 
another  wedding     The  day  breaks  upon  the  rugged  Hhores  of 
Newfoundland.     A   little   company  is   landing   from   a  boat. 
They  form  a  line.     They  bear  in  their  hands,  and  totieh  it  as  a 
sacred  thing,  asnjall  wire,  and  they  proceed  with  snltmn  step 
and  slow  to  the  place  appointed  to  deposit   it.     (\v«iim  at  the 
head,  they  forni  a   procession  in   con-.parison  with   wliieh   the 
henx-.s  of  aiitifjuity  must  look  to  their  laurelrt.     farefully  they 
pr(;cee<l,  eliarged,  as   they   feel,  not  only  with   llu-  ilestiny  of 
nati  >nK,  but  with  the  Church  of  the  living  fJod,  and  repoRc  it 
in  the   proper  place — a  gallant  sailor,  captain   in  our  navy, 
surrounded  by  oflBoers  of  our  sister  navy  and  hy  tin?  sailors  of 
b(»th  fleets— an  act  inimitable  in  beatity,  ntnl  a  trstimony  that 
iiiyi\  was  with  them  in  truth — they  i)our  out  their  heart«  in 
prayer  to  (iod,  thanking  liiu'  for   his  mercies  and  asking  him 
for  his  l)lehsing  ;  and  then  with  a  shciut  they  awake  the  virgin 
echoes  in  rejoicings  for  tho  consummwtion  of  that  great  event 
which  has  made  two  into  one  ;  which  has  we«lile<l   Kngland 
and  America,  and  brought   them  together — together  for  civil 
frc'edoni  ;  together  for  the  progress  of  knowledge  ;  together 
for  the  hafipiness  of  home;  together  for    the  extension  of  thr 
(Jospel  ;  together  for  the  edilication  tjf  the  Clinrch  ;  togdhei 
for  the  salvation  of  the  world  ;  together  to  bring  alioiit   that 
glorious  time  when  angels   shall  again  descend  fioni    h<';iven, 


jpiij^m  .in«  Hill  fiji     Mi^i  iiMii  iJ'iij^i  inijwm  .  iw..j>j^  ""^y^T'OpgyW 


I' 


76 

-"Olorv  .f  ni  •  ,  '"  '"'"'  """'°  """  (?'»"»•>»  hymn 
tww.r  ■  ^  "''  °"^  '^■°='""»  '"'™  l-™"  wedded  b, 
heart    rJ  \  """  ^  ''"^  ^^-'^  ^^  ?    Will  not  every 

"  "^^"'^  ""«  •^"""'"nt  let  all  the  earth 

To  God  their  cheerful  voiceundBO- 
Glad  homage  pay  with  joj^ul  mirth, 
And  BiT.g  before  him  Bonga  of  prai«e- 

"  Convinced  that  he  is  God  alone 

From  whom  l.,th  we  and  nil  proceed; 
>^c   w,,o„,,eehoo«e8forhisown, 
"'e  Hock  that  he  vouchsafes  to  feed. 

''••'.onter.  then.  hiK  temple  gate. 

rh.ncc  to  his  courts  devoutly  press  • 

A".lH.i!ly.,„rKra.efulhvmnsLpr' 
'^""'^'^"•""^WwithpraiHerbL. 

"j;™-(i.>.l.  from  whom  all  blessing  fl„^. 

-OH..   ..„,  all  creatures  here  Mow       °' 
I  ra,so  ..„  a..,ve.  ye  heavonly  UoJ 

'•-- Father.  S.„.  and  Holy 'nh::*;.. 

This  was  huh^  to  fi,^  „i ,  ^      ,, 

•>r.  >i".ip-' ."- ,.a„i„:;^"':' i::""*''.  '•'»'•"  *-- 

force  of  the  org„,,  „,„,  „„  ,,,„,^     ^-V-;^  "jth  the  whole 
the  first  two  liiii's,  1,..  ...,,■.,.,,  ,.         ^  m  lull  chorus  for 

,•    "nun    tune    ovi>rv  i- : 
wallH  of  the  great  H.unh  joi„nl  i„       [l  \  """  ^'"^ 

the  bcll-ringor  Htnnk  np  th.  Ph,,,,,'  „/,;;;'  "^'^  "'^^ant 
with  th.  power  of  the  .paunifieor.t  or,,       ^  ^'""""'  ""' 


I   Hi 


l»nl 


f*^ 


77 

the  bells,  and  a  chorus  of  three  tlioiisantl  five  hundred 
voices — many  of  them  male — Old  Hundred  waa  given  with 
a  hearty  majesty  that  has  rarely  been  accorded  to  it  auy- 
Tvh'  3.  When  the  last  note  had  died  away,  tlie  congrega- 
tion kneeled  and  the  Rt.  Kov.  the  Bishop  pronounced  the 
major  benediction. 

Dr.  Hodges  then  played,  as  a  concluding  voluntary, 
Handel's  anthem,  the  words  "Zadock,  the  Priest,  »..  •! 
Nathan,  the  Prophet." 

Rev.  Dr.  Ogilby  came  forward  aud  said  that  Mayor 
Tiemann  had  put  in  his  hands  a  message  rerrived  from 
Savannah,  which  so  singn'.rxrly  accorded  with  the  addrcns 
just  delivered,  th'-i  it  would  Heeiii  as  tlioiigli  there  was  a 
telegraph  at  work  between  them.     He  would  n-ad  it : 

Savannah,  Scptcmhcr  1,  1858. 

To  Mayor  Tiehann  : 

Savannah  joins  her  sistor  city  in  a  chf.niH  of  joy  an<l  f,'riili- 
tadc  for  the  blcssinps  that  liavc  joiiiofl  what  natnro  h(h-uuuI  to 
have  ctcraally  sundered.  Tlio  An;,'Io-Saxon  nu  ;  has  ii:u«le  thy 
V  ,.An'm<;  of  heaven  the  swift  ineHH(!iif,'or  of  j»  ''  iir  nation 

in  clasped  in  the  orahraco  of  frien<lHhip  hy  «.  '  -  •'  'Jr  cnomy. 
In  all  this  wc  «ee  the  power  of  Providence  >,'uidni^j  the  nations 
in  tlic  way  of  poace,  and  tli»;  two  f^reat  liranchen  of  our  rare 

instnuneiits  in  His  liarnl. 

TIIO.MAS  TntNKIt, 

Afdi/tir  fif  Stirnnnnh. 

The  services  beitif.'  now  over,  the  chTj;y  ajraiti  formed  in 
pro'cession  and  iiiarch«'d  down  the  nii.ldU;  ainle,  out  of  th«- 
preat  doorway,  under  the  Kn^'linh  an.l  Anieri.aii  II.i^^h,  to 
the  churchyard,  and  ko  around  the  north  wall  to  the  veMry 
room.     At' the  nortli  door  the  clergy  Lalfe.l   and  opened. 


Il|ll 


jwf  m  Biiipiinj  iwtfi"^"iiwi  ly 


78 

when  the  prelates  passed  through,  and  the  procession 
closed  after  them.  Then  the  chimes  again  rang  out  jov- 
ously  and  the  people  separated,  some  to  the  Battery,  some 
to  other  promts,  to  witness  the  procession. 

THE    ..ECErxION   OF  THE   OUESTS. 

The  first  part  of  the  programme  drawn  up  by  the  Com- 
mon Council  Co.nnmt.o  f„r  tho  great  celebration  w.s  the 
ipcoptio!!  of  Mr.  <  'vrus  W.  Fidd  t» 


the  Oorgop,  an  I  the  Indus,  at  .'h 


tl>e       ciul   a 


1^'  officers  of  the  Niagan 
liatt 


<litio!:s  iti  li« 


le  Jiattery.     Accordimr  to 
".munco.nent  this  was  to  take  place   at  h.U- 

lour  a  crowd  unm- 

airesand  eon- 

w«M-e  nssmibl,.,!  around  Casrh,  (iard^ui  and 


past  one  oVhKk,  but  hu..  before  rhat  I . 

i»'r.ugat]eastl.fr.en  thousand  persons,  of  all 


in  tlie  stnrts  adjaeeiit  tu  tlie  B 
,ureir;,ti(Mi,  liii.linir   that    it 


was  v.-t 


eluiled    fl 


ihtir    I 


i''i«'  was  nt.tliiii.j-  for  tl 


irrcry.    This  immense  con- 
t'-irly  in   the   day,  con- 


•  lacrs    aiii 


States    li 
vard 


■1/-.!'    at     th 


"■'"  to  <!■>  I)ut  to  .stick  by 


ilc  S 


Millie 


iiipinni:. 


The    I;'nited 


S  (»}     I 


lier 


peak, 


l';iitci\-  ;  a 


■•'>•  ;"  .i.mIh,,-  .vithii,    three;  Jmndre.l 


•■'lu''  Aniriii 


■•I   -111  ill    uiir  ;i(     (1 


(uain,  and  tin-  \\u-\\.h  jack 


K'  niiz/fii. 


were    Mill   iMit    i.adv   f 


■Ml  ensiLTU  floated   at 
another   at    the 


ktiow 


iM'It.T     rruMidl'd     1 


'■"^"■"""^"'a^    he  for...     Jfn- ffuns 


the    iinpr.'vs ,1,^,,    ^| 


"■•■  ^^I'li   irn-it  ad 


Coinniiti 


ee    u| 


"•  \^'"^  th,-  fViir,.,t,.  N 


"ii".  ',i(»n   under 


heroine   o|    tin 


With  the  ani\al  ol    tl 


^'i'>nu'«  incuts    had 
■■>  and   of    tl 


lagara,  as   the 


■'"'"<•«  nerd    that     tl 


IS 


"'    «J<"easini; 

'•  inilifarv  th..   tl 


W..II 


"I    l»e    there 


th.'  groun.l  U.I..  sr,,,,.,.^;,,^,   i^^, 


Hii: 


T 


lie      Mill      JK'Ulr.l     i|n\V|,      j| 


'•    e\(.rv  I 


sweltered,  linn    w  q.,  i|   t|, 
)tn<l    loafers  riltow i  ,|    m,. 


s    intt'iisc 


ands  already  on 
ind  rorniT. 


I(  H  I 


lil\ 


'■  |"'>piraiiuii   | 
"'•^   With    |,.,l 


tl 


lo 


'I  tl 


!<•     .soldiel; 
K'ir  biiius 


>eS       ,1; 


■■"lll>>,      to       Mft 


1^— — ^wor-«».»»i  I  ■»  «<.». 


'i 
.'■ 

■ 


70 

possession  of  the  few  shady  patches  that  could  l)c  fouixl. 
About  the  only  comfort  there  was  consistca  in  f.astin^ 
the  eyes  upon  the  sight  of  the  supposed  Niag.ira,  and  th«* 
lines  of  the  Sabine  and  the  genius  of  Steers  were  loudly 
praised,  until  it  got  about  that  they  were  sold  ami  that  the 
Niagara  still  lay  in  tar  and  dishabille  at  the  Navy  Yard. 

Still,  though  that   was  not   the  Niagara,   everybody 
wondered  when  the  Niagara  would  appear  according  to 
the  unerring  announcement  of  the  prograunne.      Those 
posted,  however,  were  no  h.-ss  anxiously  looking  f.»r  the 
English  othcers.  Captain  Hudson  and  Mr.  Field.  an<l  n.. 
less  in  a  quandary  which  way  to  look  for  them.     At  hulf- 
pm  t  one  P.  M.  a  salute  from  the  Sabine   announced  that 
somebody  was  coming.      The  steam  tow-boat  Isaac  P. 
Smith  was  observed  coming  down  the  North  River  towards 
the  Rattorv  ;  the  extra  quantity  of  bunting  displayed  m- 
dicated  that  somebody  unusual  was  on  board,  a.ul,  when 
she  fired  a  salute  from  h.-r  forward  deck,  it  was  made 
sure.     She  stopped  a'ongside  an  emigrant  barge,  and  the 
heroes  of  the  Atlantic  Cable  appeared  at  the  ganf,'way. 

As  Mr.  Field,  walking  arm  in  arm  with  Captain  Day- 
man, and  followed  by  Mr.  William  E.  Everett  and  the 
officers  of  the  Gorgon  and  Indus,  stepped  nshorc  the  Sahme 
fired  a  thundering  salute  of  twenty-one  guns,  and  the  crowd 
cheered  long  and  loudly. 

In  consequence  of  the  fr^tigucs  attendant  on  the  di^- 
•  charge  of  the  duties  of  Chairman  of  the  Job.t  Comm.ttee, 
and  the  necessity  of  his  presence  elsewhere.  Alderman  Mc 
Spedon  deputed  Warren  Leland,  Esq.,  to  tender  to  these 
gentlemen  an  appropriate  welcome  on  behalf  of  the  ro  n- 
mittco    of    Munag-"«'"^   «"'^    ^^''*   "'""''^'I"'^'  "'"''" 


mmmfw^ 


-c^ 


-^ 


80 


generally.  Shortly  before  the  arrival  of  the  guests  Mayor 
Tiemann,  Peter  Cooper,  Wilson  G.  Hunt,  Professor  Bache 
and  several  other  gentlemen,  presented  themselves  at 
Castle  Garden  and  subsequently  took  part  in  the  reception. 

Mr.  Leland  performed  the  duty  assigned  to  him  with 
his  customary  urbanity  and  good  taste.  These  ceremonies 
over,  the  guests  were  conveyed  to  carriages,  which  had 
been  in  readiness  for  their  use  from  an  early  hour,  and  were 
conveyed  to  the  Metropolitan  Hotel,  where  they  were  re- 
ceived by  Alderman  McSpcdon  in  a  few  words  of  cordial 
welcome.  He  expressed  his  pleasure  in  having  the  op- 
portunity to  extend  to  them  the  hospitalities  of  the  city,  as  a 
slight  token  of  appreciation  of  their  great  and  distinguished 
services  in  the  advancement  of  a  scientific  enterprise, 
tendmg  to  the  diffusion  of  t'  3  principles  of  a  common 
brotherhood. 

The  following  are  the  names  of  the  British  officers: 

(:0R{;(>\. 
Captain  Dayman,  R.  N. 

Hart  Gimlctte,  M.  D. 

Lieutenants  Ccunt  ViBcomto.  B.  Mitchel,  T.  B.  Butler 
Paymaster  A.  T.  N.  Roberta.      ^ 

IMUS. 
Captain  Williani  Ross  Hall,  R.  N. 

/;:T""pr''.'^'^''^-^-    ^^♦^""^oshua  C.  Cole. 
A.  II.  Tminnr.  P.  ('.  .I..l,nstono  ;m.l  A.  T.  Kiugs. 

Captain   lludHou   was  ,...,    ,,.,0,,.   ,l.ose  who   wore   on 
•    the  .teanuT,  lu.t  l..  was  ai  ,1,.  s.-rvics  iu  Trinity  Cln.rch- 


t^ 


81 

Of  Captain  Dayman,  the  commander  of  the  Gorgon,  it  may 
be  proper  to  state,  that  to  him  was  intrusted  the  survey- 
ing of  the  telegraph  plateau,  and  by  him  were  Lieut.  Ber- 
ryman's  soundings  corroborated.    It  was  Captain  Dayman 
who  guided  the  Niagara  from  mid-ocean  to  Trinity  Bay,  and 
he  is  entitled  to  the  highest  praise  for  his  admirable  naviga- 
tion.   There  was  one  gentleman  whoso  absenco  was  much 
rogrettod— Mr.  James  L.  North,  First  Lieutenant  of  the 
Niagara,  who  kept  wutch  and  watch  with  Captain  Hudson 
during  the  laying  of  the  Cable,  but  whoso  name  has  been 
entirely  forgottou  in  the  praise  which  has  been  so  lavishly 
hoRtowcd  elsewhere.     The  only  officers  present  at  the  col- 
obration  were  Mr.  J.  C.  EMridge,  Purser  of  tho  Niagara, 
Lieutenant  Ghcrurdi,  and  Mr.  Farren,  the  Chief  Engineer, 
while  Lieutenants   Todd,   (Juest,  Webb,  Macauley,  Chief 
Engineer  FuUansboe,    and    Drs.  Green,    Grinncll,   Hay, 
and  Lieutenant  P..»yd,  of  tiie  marine  corps,  were  absent. 

The  officrra  of  the  Gorgon,  above-mentioned,  fonned  a 
part  of  tho  procession  that  walked  with  the  Cable  up  the 
hill  that  loads  from  tho  landing  place  in  the  bay  of  Bull  s 
Ann  to  the  telegraph  station,  at  Trinity,  N.  F. 

The  Indus  is  tho  flagship  of  Ad.niral  Seymour,  and,  at 
the  time  of  whioh  we  write,  was  stationed  at  Halifax. 

Having  thus  disposed  of  the  proceedings  aorompanying 
ihrreroptionof  th.-se  gentlemen,  we  will  return  to  tho 
Citv  Hall,  whore,  in  tho  Mayor's  Dffioe,  the  guests  of  the 
(-..^.oration  wore  to  asson.hh-.  and  from  whioh  they  w.r. 
to.M.trrthrprooessi.Mi  as  it  passed  through  tho  I'ark  on 
its  way  to  tho  Crystal  Talaoe.  ^^ 

PoUr.m.-n  in  unifurn. stood  outside  tho  door  !.'a.iiMi:  to  ih. 


82 

Mayor's  apartments,  and  prevented  an  early  rush  of  visitoni 
inside.  Victims  of  ticket  sxvindlers,  faro  banks,  and  mock 
auctions-wives,  whose  eyes  liad  been  blackened  and  heads 
damaged  by  their  brutal  husbands-and  representatives 
of  the  usual  daily  heterogeneous  class  of  complainants- 
presented  themselves  to  have  their  wrongs  righted.  They 
were  all  sent  away,  however,  and  told  to  come  again.  The 
injunction  to  depart  was  obeyed  cheerfully  upon  their 
being  told  that  it  was  Cable  Day.  At  12  M.,  the  Mayor's 
main  office  was  well  filled.  The  visitors  were  illustri- 
ous characters,  and  animated  were  their  mutual  greetings, 
the  introductions  and  conversations.  The  Rev.  Dr.  Field. 
father  of  the  chief  hero  of  the  day,  occupied  an  arm- 
cha.  by  the  side  of  Lord  Napier.  Although  nearly  seven 
1  cades  ot  yearH  had  passed  over  the  head  of  the  vener- 
nrce   ti  k"^'"""'  ^^^  ^^^^  «'  ^'-^th  was  still 

ud  ;  T'        ^■'""''  "^'  '  '^^^'-1'  -holesome  look 

Ir      .      ''   T  :^"'"^"'""-'"  -'^1  "".linuned   eyes.     He 
.tcre.l  ...alously  into  conveiHation  with  Lord  Xapifr  •  and 
therepresentativeof  HerM.iesfv'M  O  ''^^^^'^^^^  »"« 

wifh    l.i^    ,v      .    1  '"'J' '^^^  ^  <'Ovennnent  responded 

wim    iiih    wonted    ("ivi.     ...  1    r       1  * 

»at  ,.,„.„-,.,,  wi,,;  ,:. ,;  '■;;'"'•;"•  "'"'-p  '"— 
1'-"'— lu ,.11,..,:,   ;,, ';;:"•  •"-•  ™'"""''i 

fiimili-irlv  u,,!  ,. -.1  ''^""   ^^'   conver.'^ed 

Diiniii.irn  aiKi    with    aiiiiii-....f    .i 

.s„,,,T,ni,.i„l,-„i  „!  ,|„.  r„iu.,l  .s,„,,s  r,,.,^, 
Prof-  Ii""M.K,  ,,„ „v  ,.f  t|...N,„.    ,V     T      ,'"■'■■•  '" 

them  .t..„.i,  M „iv  ,.„..,„„T  i'.;",  '""  ^'•■" '•■■"■' 

WkMSTKL.       II1.X.HM1N   M     FiFl,.'    .,  i"'7'~      '  """"     '""' 

jlxu  s  w.  T.KM.V.VS, .  i„.,„i„.;„; ;,,;;;;,  ":;•;'  ;;"';•  --i 

"  ^I  \.N.\,   foiiiicd 


^ 


'"►wri 


83 


1 


f 


a  talking  duct.     Mayor  Tiemann  occupipd  his  time  in  con 
versation  with  Mr.  ARCiiinALn,  liritish  Consul  at  this  port. 

At  a  few  minutes  pjist  one  o'clock,  the  Mayor  and  several 
other  gentlemen  withdrew,  for  the  purpose  of  taking  part 
in  the  reception  of  the  heroes  of  the  Cable,  at  the  Hattery 
— a  portion  of  the  proceedings  which  has  already  been 
described.  They  returned,  with  their  guests,  in  time  to 
join  in  the  j)roce88i(»n,  the  principal  features  of  which  we 
shall  now  proceed  to  narrate. 

THE    PROCESSION. 

The  procession  was  organized  according  to  the  pro- 
gramme, and  began  to  move  at  the  pre-arranged  hour.  The 
display  was  one  of  the  most  imposing  which  the  city  has  ever 
witnessed.  From  every  street,  crossing  and  rumiing  into 
l?roadway,  great  crowds  continually  poured  into  the  chief 
arterv  (»f  the  city,  like  so  many  rivulets  adding  their  tribu- 
tary streams  to  the  mighty  torrent,  which  gathered  in  bulk 
and  force  every  r  ment  until  the  capacity  of  the  available 
ar<ia  was  taxed  to  Jie  utmost.  The  march  up  l^roadway 
to  the  Park  was  comparatively  nniinpe<led,  but  the  density 
of  the  crowd  interft  red  at  times  with  the  movements  of 
the  military  as  they  deployed  into  line,  and  caused  some 
d(!lay.  When  the  head  of  the  procession  ha<l  reached  Park 
row,  to  cross  in  front  of  the  City  Hall,  further  advance  was 
found  to  be  impracticable.  All  sorts  of  vehich  s  were  jam- 
med together  at  the  corners  of  the  streets,  every  one  of  them 
filled  wirh  motley  groups  on  the  tiptoe  of  expectation  for 
the  advancing  curtcgr. 

Lomr  before  the  hour  of  two,  at  wliirh  time  the  proces- 
sion ought  to  have  appeared  in  the   Park,  every  available 


H 


m^i 


■Oih  1 


81 


spot  for  a  sight  was  donsely  throDged  with  men,  women 
and  children. 

y.er  passing  tlie  Park,  which  occupied  several  hours, 
th(  procession  contin-  '  its  march  up  Broadway.  The 
:!..iv\valk8  }Mesented  a  .nse  inab&  of  liurnau  beings 
V.  iiose  cheers  were  deafening.  The  windows,  the  housc- 
topH,  the  balco'iies,  on  either  hand,  were  filk^d  witli  ladies, 
many  of  whiwn,  in  the  enthusiasm  of  the  moment,  cheered 
also,  and  waved  their  handkerchiefs  as  the  military  passed. 
Uegiment  after  n-giment  received  its  ovation  from  the  ex- 
cited crowd,  and  the  company  from  Canada  was  ^alute(l 
with  :in  extra  Rulvo  of  cheering. 

Away  up  Broadway,  as  the  procession  moved  on,  the 
gratiiliitioiis  of  the  jiopMliic.'  increased,  and  from  balcony 
T(»  balcony  and  from  wiinhr.v  to  window  the  signal  was 
taken  up,  wliih;  ten  thousand  handkerchiefs  fluttered  on 
the  brec/e. 

The  eiithusiiisiii  of  i!i,.  poopln  never  flagged  for  one 
mon.cin  ;  |.„t  afl.'r  the  clijef  State  regiments  liad  ))assed 
on  It  abate.!  somewhat.  Tlie  arrival  of  the  carriage  con- 
tai..i,.g  Cyrns  \V.  Field,  Ks.,.,  cause.l  the  stnouldering 
flame  to  In.rsf  out  afresh  and  N>ah  t-emendous  vigor.  To 
t!.e  enthusiastic  reception  accorded  hin»  this  distinguished 
gentleman  niode.ily  houe<l,  staiidiui;  i„  the  carriage  with 
h.H  hat  M,  h.s  hand  all  the  v>  hiie.  The  British  naval  oflicer.s 
— Captam  Dayu.an,  of  the  (lor-on,  and  the  other  ofllccrs 
of  Hornntannic  Majesty-s  Navv-were  also  sinnhiriv 
re.c.NedandackMowledt:e,i  the  compliment  v:-..  cracetu! 
mchnat.ons  of  the.r  heads.  ,  ^.tain  Hudson,  of  the  Tnilcd 
St^ites  stean.cr  Niagara,  was  loudly  che.Mvd. 


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Tho  othor  portion  of  tho  procession  that  c.iiiio  in  for  a 
vorv  particular  manifestation  of  enthusiasm  was  llie  lartje 
coil  of  the  Atlantic  Telegraph  CJable,  wi-ch  was  neatly 
wound  round  a  pyramid  on  a  car  drawn  by  six  horses,  gaily 
eaparisoncd  with  flags  and  phnncs.  This  important  part 
of  the  display  was  confided  to  the  care  of  the  brave  sailors 
of  the  Niagara,  and  the  handsome  team  by  which  it  was 
drawn  was  furnished  gratuitously  by  the  American  '"xpress 
Company. 

The  printing  press,  which  was  kept  working  in  the  pro- 
cession, the  sewing  machines,  and  tln^  great  variety  of 
other  articles  exhibited,  received  the  applause  they  so  well 
deserved. 

We  now  come  to  speak  of  the  procession  in  detail. 

To  the  military  was  given,  as  a  matter  of  course,  the 
right  of  the  line.    In  accordai.ce  with  tho  programme,  they 
asseml.h'd  at  the  Hattery  at  one  P.M.,  and.  aft.T  the  recej)- 
tion  ..f  Mr.  Field,  Mr.  Kverett,  Cai.tain  Daynum,  and  the 
oth.T  Hritish  ..fhcers,  tiled  up  Hroadway.     Previous  to  this, 
Ih.vv.'v.t,  111.'  Montreal  company  was  reviewed.    This  body 
was    r.n(h'r    tl.e    .  onmiand    of   Captains  Stephenson    and 
( )irilvie.     Tli?v  wi're  attired  in  blue  frock  coats,  blue  pants, 
aiMl  henvv  fur"caps.     TIm'  ensiiin  carried  the  Cnion  Jack 
and  the  Stars  and  Stripes  alternately.    As  the  Seventh  Reg- 
iment mar.-he.l  pas.e.l  the  ( 'Mt.ad.ans,  who  sal.ited  them  in 
n.ilitury  style,  the    sinrtators  niise.l    a    loud    an.l   hearty 
elieer. 

■VUr  troops,  havi.ie  all  marched  within  the  gates,  were 
put  thn.uu'h  a  serir.  of  .volutions,  and,  everytnmg  beu.g 
now   n-adv.  the  V.rst  D.visio...  at    half-paHt  two  ..'.•lock. 


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commenced  "the   march  up  Broadway,  in  the   following 
order : 

First,  there  was  a  detachment  of  sixty  policemen,  walk- 
ing two  abreast.  Then  cairo  a  troop  of  cavalry,  as  an 
escort  to  the  Grand  ^larahal,  Briga-^  r-General  Yates. 
The  Special  Aids  followed,  consisting  of  these  gentlemen, 
General  W.  L.  Morris,  Captain  John  Calhoun,  U.  S.  N.  ,• 
Colonel  H.  P.  Martin,  Major  George  E.  BaMwin,  John  B. 
Rich,  General  Paul  N.  Spofibrd,  Colonel  T.  F.  Peers,  Col- 
onel Edward  Satterlee,  Major  S.  M.  Alford,  Ambrose  K. 
Striker. 

rmsT   nniGADF. 

Commanded  by  Brigadior-Goncral  Charlos  B.  Spier. 

Hrifradc  Staff. 

Povouty-firRt  Ko>;iin.>nt_(!ol.  Al.ram  II.  Vosburg, 

Sc.ond  IJo^nmont-fn?  Henry  RohinBon. 

KirHt  lfpKirnrnt-Li<M,t.-(\,l.  Spcncor  11.  F.nitb. 

Third  K.>j;i.nri,(_Co].  T.  Brooko  Postloy. 

HKcoM,    nRir.AnF, 

rommandod  l.y  ('„].  Kdward  Hinckr-. 
Hripadr  Staff. 
Kifth  l{rpinu-nt-r..l.  Christian  SclmarzT. adder 
^'xtl.  l!.Kln,r„t-I.i,.ut.-Col   Samuel  K.7ook 
••••nrtl,  l{.K>nK.„t-Lirut.-C,d.  Da')id  W.  frllor. 

THinii  nniGinr. 

ConunnndH  by  Bripadior-'on   Willi,,,,  Hall 
Bripndr  Staff 

'':"'';'\\^^''"''^'''-<<'«    Al.r..n.  Purvor. 

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FOURTH    BRWADK. 

Commanded  by  Bripadior-ricn.  John  Ewcn. 

Bri)?;ido  Staff. 

Tenth  Uogimcnt— Col.  William  llalsoy. 

Twelfth  Rcpimont— liior.t.-Col.  H<Miry  A.  WcokB. 

Sixty-ninth  Rcpinient— Cd.  James  U.  Ryan. 

ElovenlliRofriment— Col.  Ilomor  Rostwick. 

Thevo  wore,  in  all,  about  0,000  men  in  the  ranks. 

Tiio  second  (liviHJon  met  in  Greenwich  street,  the  right 
resting  on  Battery  place.  Col.  Joseph  C\  Pincknoy  wan 
Marshal,  aided  hy  Tol.  Moses  K.  Oasto  and  KuIoh  E. 
( 'rane.     1 1  appeared  in  the  following  order  : 

First  came  theSeriieant-at-Arins  of  the  ronimon  roiincil 
followed  hy  theromniittee  of  Arranccinents,  in  carriages 
Then  Mayor  Tiemann  and  (Vrus  W.  Field,  in  a  carriage 
drawn  hy  four  horses. 

Next  cauu^  TapTain  Hudson,  of  the Niae-in.  and   Mr.  Ar 
H.ihald,  the  I'.riti.sh  Vie<-<'onsul  at  the  port  of  \ew  York. 
Captain  Dayman,  oftlie  (}or.r<.i.,  and  Mr.  W.  F.  Fverott. 
with  otheers  of  the  City  (J..vermnent,  came  next. 

The  r>ext    earriaije  eontah.ed  Loro   Napi.-r,  the  British 
Minister,  the  Most  Rev.  Arehhislmp   HutrheB  and  th«  Rev 
Dr.  Nott.     These    rmineiit    pers.mauM.s    attracted    much 
attention  and  were  fre.juently  hailed  with  cheers. 

The  orator  of  the  dav,l>av..l  Dudley  Field,  the  olT.ciat- 
inir  chTgv.  and  iVf'r  Cooper,  eau.e  u.  the  n.xt  carru.ge 
and  were  repeate.ily  elienvd  hy  the  crowd. 

A  sueccH^ion  .,f  crriages  then  followed,  .ontauuug  .M- 
deru.en    and  other    city   olV.c.als.     W.th   th.  ,u   wct.   tie 


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The  Commissioners  of  Kmigration. 
Th<-I..a.dofTon  Governors,  in  full. 

<iar„l,lc,ai„lre|,re,cnf,M"      r  ^"'"''"■''  ''""ncry  and 

""fisioriers.  """^  ^  "^'ce  aii<I  Health  Corn- 

"•■'-?":;:::  ::;:::rti""- -'■"'•«^"..'- 

Aniutii;  fill,  oil,,.,   ,, 
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"England  and  Amf.rica — ()n(R   Skimuatep   nv  Wa«, 
NOW  lIxiTEo  nv  LioirrNiN(!." 

"  A  mi^'lity  work  lifts  now  been  ilono — 
All  iir«i!»o  tr»  MftssiK'Imsotts'  f«>n  ; 
His  iiftinc  rc«onn(l-<  fr«in  shore  to  •linro, 
And  echoes  thrnnj^h  tlio  ocean's  rtmr." 

"  LkT  TTIK  Eaoi-k  sruiAM." 

"Ilurrfth  for  Horj^on  enteri)ri''o, 
Ilnrrftli  for  Yankee  skill — 
One  navijratoM  tlio  oci'iim's  (Icptlis, 
Tlic  otiior — Ikrgcn  liill." 

"  Nations!  aim-:  now  kxciianoinc  Skntimknts  hy  Lkiiit- 

NiNO  Si'i;ki»." 

"  Ni'W  York  City  lias  lier  ('yni-», 
Ami  Jersey  has  lier  Jake, 
With  the  tallest  line  of  Hta::i's 
In  little  .IiTsi-y  Slate."' 

"Tui:  Ladiks — TiiK  Moiiikks  or  Invkntoks." 

"\Vi!i:n  Ami-.kman  (Jkniis  spans  tmi:  Ockan,  what  wir.r. 

IT  Nor  DO  y" 

"Fraxkfjn  and  Mok^i:— Oni:  dki.wtkk  LiciiriNiNo  kuom 

Tin:  (Ji.oiDs,  Tin;  (►iiikk  itUKW  it  iiikokhi 

TIIK  (hv.\y  Dr.i'THs." 

"  May   TIIK  Atlantic  f'AHi.K  iimi.d  tmk  tw..  Cuntinkntm 

TOOKTIIKK,  AND  MAKL  l*KA<K.   PrUlTTI  A  I..' 

"Tin;  LioHTNiN(t  tamkd  i«y  Mnusi;,  Tin:  0<  i;\n  cmaiskp 

MY  FlKLD." 

"Pkkskkvk  Tin;  Unimn— Tkinity  and  VAirseiA." 


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•'  Franklin's  Memory  Fresh  and  8weet." 

••Married-Enoland  AND    America,    in-  niE  Cabin's 

Chain." 

"  Captain  Hudson,  the   Pride   of   the   Nation;   thp 
Maoara,  the  Gem  op  the  Ocean." 

,.„„      ^  I    '/  "I  rne  Jel^oy  conrin«rcnt  was,  in  cvcrv 

.ec.„,t  creditable.     Th.g™,,,,  ,,;„,,  „„  ^^  .    f^^ 

wT  Z;,  H   ™  ,  '^  """  '"'"'''™"'  '"-'y  '"'^-».  "■•  wWch 
"Al     A      :  i"  n  T"''"  '"''™"'™'  -"'  "  large  .ootion 

On   oitlHT  ,i,l,     f  -    ""f    •'"''    ""'  Ainoiican  flag 

A.,  .,, .         1         ":"'•■•'"  ""'  "'^  »""- *l»  I'"ti.l, ooior, 

•'■'-  r-n,      ;,:'';:;:'"?  ;'''\'"»I'a>^''™  Hg..t  a„/.ea. 
"  "*  "^  "MH  of  tl.c  (lispatcli  : 

art,  ,..„„„,  „,.„  ,„,,„,„^„^^  _| 

A!iorli,<r    lariro   rvr   I,..! 
"■""'r»Mv    an,l   >lra  V,      ;T"',  '"  ""  ^''""''   '-P-- 

•-  I.U 1  .„„'  .,f„;;l.''."';7''  ""■  '■--  "•■•I-  Niagara. 

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Then  came  an  immense  car,  drawn  by  oiglit  hor«o«,  on 
which  wore  moimted  three  printing  presses,  namely,  one 
of  Messrs.  R.  Hoc  &  Co.'s  single  cylinder  presses,  ft  card 
press,  and  a  queer  old  relic,  in  the  shnpe  of  a  wooden  press, 
more  than  a  hundred  years  old,  with  the  primitive  huok- 
skin  balls  for  inking  apparatus.  Printed  sheets  were 
thrown  off  by  the  respective  presses  on  this  cur,  us  the 
procession  moved  along. 

Among  the  printed  matter  worked  off  by  the  press,  and 
scattered  among  the  crowd,  were  the  ode  written  by  Mrs. 
Stephens,  a  paper   entitled    "The  Atlantic   Telegraph," 
another  purporting  to  give  "  A  Brief  Histor)'  of  Printing," 
and  the  Queen's   and  President's  messages,  all  of  which 
Arere  verj'  creditable  specimens  of  printing.     The  contrast 
between  the  press  as  it  was  one  Imndrcd  years  since  ind 
the  printing  press  as  it  is  now,  was  brought  before  the 
pui)lic  eye  vividly.     Four  pretty  little   girls,  dressed  in 
white,  with  red  trinuningn,  helped  to  distribute  tlic  printed 
matter. 

The  New  York  Typographical  Society,  a  time-honored 
Association,  followed  immediately  after  the  presses,  bearing 
a  banner  on  which  was  inscribed  : 

"Nkw  York  TvronnArHiCAi.  SocirxY,  Institutep,  Jui.t 

4,  1S09." 

On  the  reverse  side  was  the  legend  : 

-The    LiHK.iMy  or    tmk   Pkf.ss  is   kssfniial  to    thk 
Prkskrvation  op  Frfeihjm." 

There  were  about  two  hundred  nu-mbers  of  the  AHSocia- 
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The  Third  Division  met  in  Beaver  street.  It  was  officer- 
ed by  Licutonnnt-Colonel  {Marshall  Lofferts,  as  aid  to  the 
Gr:  id  Marshal,  assisted  by  Major  J.  R.  Pinckney  and  R.  H. 


Shannon. 


In  tliis  appeared : 

Co..W,.-D'Aguier.  of  Brazil ;  Don  Santos,  of  Portugal ; 
in  a  car-iage  from  which  waved  the  Brazilian  flag  :  L.  Ii. 
Hatfield,  of  port  of  Bombay,  India. 

Mi/ida  Officers  off  Dufy. -Lientcmut  F.  W.  Obernier,  of 
the  7i>d  Regun.nt;  Lieutenant  Lmdhuv,  of  the  14th  ;  ex- 
S.Tgr.nt-Ma.jor  Van  Tassel,  Sixth  Regiment ;  Captain  Tay- 
lor,  I«»urt«'fntli. 

Nvagons.  drawn  |,y  siv  horsos.  containing  the  n.anatrcrs  and 
Vn.pl«y.s  ,.t  th.  Morse  and  lions.  Telcgn.ph  Societies. 

TlM.M..n:,nnI..  I.iI.,Mry  Association  was   represented  in 
».'«    d.VMon   l.y  about    two    lunulred    intelliirent-looking 

'"''  "'•^'"  '''"'"*'r  ^vlnch  they  bore  was  inscribed  : 

••^I^'^'   ^N  .....:  I.„.K,,v  ASS.H  ,A,,ON  OK  THK  ClTV  OK  NkTV 

Y..KK." 

"  ^'cr  \  I,  K  i>     1  s  lm»." 
•n„.  l-,,,.r,l,  I,, vU,,,,,  „,,,,,,,,..,,, |,„.„„„„  „,.,,,„„ 

;"■"'* '".'"•""•'"■■^'' w.  w.  i„,:,„.n„„i  ,.  w. 

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''  .       _.  _-  1/1     .1 1         V..V  <.f      till 


comniund  of  (^)lom'l  II.  liay.noiu 


1.      Colonel  Fox,  o 


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Veterans,  \v 


ho  chiims  to  have  killed,  m  the  war  of  Ibl'J 


the  bipRost  Indian  ever  seen 


this  side  of  the  Uo.ky  Moun- 


tains,  paraded  a  sword  that  was  worn  by  Connnodore  1  erry 
,.  the  naval  battle  fou.ht  on  Lak.  C'han,i>lain  1  Ins  swo.d 
^vas^iven  to  a  t.eidu-w  of  Perry's,  who  di.d  while  ..n  a  sta- 
tion on  the  Meditenan.an.  The  sword  came  into  the  pos- 
so..ion  of  Thomas  M.  Carr,  the  Consul  to  Moro.co,  who 
Kul>se<,nently  pivsentrd  it  to  its  present  owner. 

,   c-     :  f,.  ;,.  tl. !•<.<> rinia«'eB;  one eontainin^ the 
St.(Jeorne'sSoeiet},intln<toarna.,i», 

IVesidt-nt  "the  two  Vie.-Prrsidents   and   N-cretary.      H  ih 

::^:   Us  ...loped  in  the  la 
^:;.    ^Iher    e;.rria,.s   eontain.d    nuMnb.TS-.ach    vehicle 
(h-apcd  will,  til.-  Kn^'lish  llai:. 

of  St.  An.lr,.vv.     TlH.  ..,l„.r  .-w™,™  c,.,Uu.n„l 

of  the  Sotifty. 

c^i    l».vtnrk   inonrcarriatf.'.em.taininp 
FriendlyS..nso^t        tu.^,n      ^     ^^^^^^^^.^^ 

the  othoTK  ..i   thrSocU'tN.     «>"1<»1 

the  jirf<n  tb''-  "*  l"-'*"* 

u. n ..1 ■^"-•'>v""'t;!;:'i-'"''-^ 

S„n...v,-.n- -'=-'''''''^'7''\^t       \-.-  -'l'- 

the  ins.:riiiti..ii  .ni.l.TU<«tli  ■ 
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'_'!■•  »'"'  A.  If.  V„„  p^,j^  ,.,^^»-  ■''f.l...,,  „ij„,  ,,,.  „_  ^, 

r  "fJ'Ulost  •111  J 

V>-rr, '■  .  "■■"■  'iM ,       ;   .— ■-  < k    which 

< ,„,,      ;""r    •■•' .h,.;:-;'    .^^'"'■"M,,.r,,er, 

"■i".-h  :  ;  ";■  ;'"•  '""..v  ;„, , :  t!''"- '"'•  t-.c  »,,.„, 

"■■'"  *l'i.'.i.li„j.  its 
•"''"■I. -iirnili,.,  ,  ■<"■■"  K_vvv,... 

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Association,  follow,.,!  't1"1°  'l"^'  *  ■'*'"""*'    ">''••"•"• 
bor.  turned  out  in  ttir  1" '"",       '  °"'  '"""'"<' ""  " 

ki.«,  with  oagi..;!:::.  ':;;,:":;;•  '•-  ■•■»  -^ 

by  half  a  dozen  bag-niner..  ';7  ""•»"'  ""-  f.lt,.„^ 
a  crown  of  flowc™  orf,!?  .  T."*""''  """•  '""-  <>- 
waa  ,1,0  inscription :  '  """  "  '""'">•  "' '  •-'■- 

"We'ke  Rkethukn  A'." 
with   tl,i8   noble   vessel     lur.n  7*0tl.n.K  co.nuvt.,! 

a™undt,,on...doi::„:;,;.;'::;:;;:7;;:-'-™'-^ 

Tl„.  Ca,l,,t.s  of  Tc.n,,„.„,„„,,  ,,  .svi,.,     „,■  ,.„ 
...M;.ut„,.-,|,e.,,,,„,,,,„,,,,,,,,,,,,.^,>,_,^^^^^^ 

aT  A  n  "T'  :;'"'""'■•  ''""'''■^'  ^'•'•^"""i'"' '— ■"' 

m     i.        r        "^'"^    "■""   ""■""■l'""i-'    bv  a    l,„„d  „, 
"ripli',™:    ""'"•■"  "'-•™'''"   '■"""••™   "•'"'  "I'l'™l-™'<--  i- 

Tlio  (;er,„„„  Worki„Kn,c„',  Ch.b,,  conipo.od  of  d,,„,. 
"  ".H  (r.„„  ,  ,„  T..n,l,,  Kl,.v..n.l„  .S..vo„„.,.„.l,,  E^uJutU 
"1    lw,.„t„.,l,   W.r,l,,  t„rn,,I  out  „l,o,»   on,.   ,„,n,|„| 

"■Tk..  .  ,.  ,„r  ,l„.j,  ,„.,,.H,.  „,,,„.„„„,„,    ,,,,„,.  „.,.^^  __^_.,_^_^ 

l-"-.i  l.y  .,.>,.r,l  l..„„l,  of  „„„i,-.  ,„„|  ,,.rr,..',l  .....vral  l.,.„. 
'■'•r»:.ii,|  AT,„-,i,„„    lU...     ,,:,    „„„„,   ,,„.    |,„,„,,,,    ^^^^^ 


13   I 


p^wwn«pgma 


m 


and  the 


96 

••Akiutku  Vkkei.v." 

t-.^....r,.. :  ;;J"" "•;•">•  '■• '-'"  '''-coats, .,-,1 
-•"■•' '.'M...  .;:,,■,:;::;•';,;.;;'■;•■'"•''-'»".' -vent, 

cwor.  of  „!.!  ^..^i„  r„.  '"  '■^'^'"Janty  and  pre- 

■''••"''^I^r:!:;;l,,ril';.;';''7';  '••  •'»•  --.0  of  fir.  a„d 

I'"'-!-:  r .  .|„.,„  l,i "..    I  ,      """"'•  " '"■  ^>''">l>  was 

•■•-•■'-::..,^..^    ''''''■"■' ■■'■■i-'^"--'.vi,,  I.,,il„dd- 

"■'-••■r.    ,..,|""""'- I-I 'l-llars.    On  on.. 

""-'■■••  ■  ••^.     •  ■■...1,    >,.,'''.':"'"■'"""  •■'  "  ^■""""  •'^'■••™V 

"" '•••••^•^.u..., ::;;:::;;;■'■•■■■'■'■'••''' '"''"■ 


J  •■;' 


r*. .». .  .  . 

•  t  .       • 


!•*  •'      '•'^>•'•^  !••  M.  I{.xk.  \Vi|. 


I  >»  1  .     , 


I    ' 


■ 


m 

American  Tcloj,'raph  Cm.,  with  Hughes' printiiiff  iiiHlrunuiit. 

InvcutoiN  ui  Kcwiiij^  nmchiiiuB. 

Sowinp-  niachiiioR  on  a  car,  nn«l  oporaiivoH  at  work. 

rianfif«>rt<>  makors. 

PianofortPH  on  truck,  with  pcrformors. 

Sowinf^  machinos  on  a  car.  with  oporativos  at  wurk. 

Mt»(1e1  of  rnifcd  Stales  steatn  fri^^'ate  Niaj^'ara. 

na;,'Ui;rreutypc  an»l  photo^'raphic  artists. 

Knvclope  niaiiuracturcrH. 


The  most  imposing  feature  of  this  division  wns  tlio  tWn- 
pinv  of  sewiiic:  machineB.  One  establishment  was  repre- 
»>\\tt'(]  liv  a  large  and  beautiful  oanopy,  fifteen  feet  long, 
»'ii:ht  fret  wide  and  eighteen  feet  in  height,  ererte<l  on  a 
I  iru'e  f()ur-\\  heeled  wagon,  drawn  by  six  riehlv-capariNoned 
white  horses  deeked  witli  MagH  and  plumes.  The  canopy 
v.'is  jiitetuled  to  represent  a  drawing-room  scene,  it  is  to  bn 
•"ifposcl,  from  the  fact  (hat  th«'  llooring  was  elegantly 
■  arpeted,  and  se'.cral  luxurious  sofas  and  chairs  wer.^ 
trratit;rd  in  various  posit i»jns  in  (he  most  tasteful  order. 
In  the  centre  of  the  car  was  stationed  a  fine  sewing  ma- 
•liiiie  iti  operation,  attended  by  a  beatitiful  young  lady. 
•>nth»'  f(,p  (,f  tl„.  cjitiopy,  which  finished  in  a  beautiful 
loiiie,  was  an  American  eagle  bearing  a  floral  wreath  in 
lii'<  beak.  Tne  canopy  was  hung  all  around  with  costly 
la«f  curtains  and  bore,  several  inscriptions. 

Another  sewing  machiru'  factory  also  nnide  an  excelletii 
•  IctiKMiHt ration.  This  was  simply  composed  o(  an  i  \(.  i,s;\c 
platform,  erected  on  a  large  wagtui,  drawn  h\  tw.ur 
liorsc,  six  grav  and   six  black.      The  plaffuiii  \^  as  .ii\i'l.'i 


n  '' 


MP* 


:•. 


98 


to  represent  (he  old  svJ  f  "''^"'  ^"^  '''^'^^^^ 

•  scriplion  :  '^''^"^  ^^.s  partition  was  the  in- 


"  '^"E  SoNo  OF  THK  Shirt/' 


'^he  girls  in  thi 


or^lors  to  look 


"^  partition,  it  is  stated, 


f''<^  stiteh,  tl 


a«  interestingly  nii.serabl 


were 


given  strict 


assnuie 
tl 


'  t''^  switch,  th...  stiteh 


'"^  "Pite  of  themsel 


as  th 


e  and  careworn  from 
py  could  possibly 


"7  wore  terribly  b, 
'"•^rry  as  a„y  ^f  ^j, 


wife! 


ves  and  tiieir  instructions 


f'»rniidabl 
K'rls  Wen 


""S  smiles,  and   appeared  quite 


I'artition  w-  r,.  t) 


^'  'irray  as  sjx.rtat 
«''iited,  tendin. 


^'"-  «weet  sex  who  turned 


out  in  such 


>t'  words- 


'^'•«-     fn  the  back  partition  fou 
"mchine.     Above  this 


!;  a  sowin<r 


And 


""^'^-  — OK.,,,.,,,,, 


r^ 


I 


99 

The  photographic  departnienf  was  reprosentcd  only  hy 
a  wngon,  drawn  by  two  horsos.  On  (ho  wa-joii  wa«  a 
large  double  patented  camera,  ntised  about  twelve  f«Tt 
from  the  ground,  and  surmounted  by  a  bust  of  nrnjamin 
Franklin,  held  in  its  position  by  a  boy  sealed  l)esid.'  il. 
At  each  side  of  the'camera,  and  just  beneath  it,  was  a  lonij 
white  scroll,  on  which  were  the  inscriptions: 

"God's   Power!    .  Ri.iiom)  thk    Sliuiu»ation    ny    ms 

Elkmknts!" 

'•Kxtii.AND."         [T-vvo  liniidM  rlaspKl.)         '•  Amkiih  a  '  " 
"  The  iiivcntiotn  of  mnii — Hricmo  nn<l  ht,  - 
Elt'Vftto  Inl)()r  an<l  refine  tlic  lioart." 

The  pianoforte  makers  turned  out  hand"onn'!y.  On«- 
I'oncern  furnished  a  larije  platform  on  wIih-Ih,  which  wan 
Kiirroundrd  by  an  iron  railing  and  rlrcoratr'd  with  fotir 
large  tlaijs  and  twrnty-ei^lit  Hmalln  nmn.  On  tliin  plat- 
form was  jtlact'd  a  brautifiil  piarioftiitr,  at  wliicli  a  prr- 
formerwas  s<'alrd  and  playrd  at  intrrvals.  Another  r;H> 
t(My  had  one  of  tlicir  pianos  on  a  «ai-,  draw  n  by  four  liorHi-s. 
The  in.struiut'nt  wiia  surrounded  by  the  ftdlowinj;  iuHcrip- 
f  ions  : 

"  His  LiomNiN(is  Knmuhtknki)  tmk  Wour.n." 


"  TiiY  Way  is  in   riii:  .Ska, 

TllV    rATM    IN    IIIK   (»l{i:\T    WaIKUS." 

The  cnvelopi^  makers  turnrd  (mt  with  a  lari,'i'  triumphal 
ear,  drawn  bv  tlin-e  tinr  horses  and  caiTyinjj;  an  envelope 
inacliine  in  operation,  tended  by  two  girls.  Around  the 
top  of  the  framework  of  the  platform  was,  at  either  side,  n 


f!!! 


1: 


mmw 


■^•■iiw«»f»wiw""i*^*r' 


**     . 


, 

w 

100 

Tnn.ty  Bay,  one  of  the  end,  entering  ,„,  envelope. 

Pollowing  tlm  was  another  car,  drawn  by  four  l,„™e, 
<»rry,ng  eome  agricultnral  implements.  ' 

»-wa;:'ti?:;r:cr-- -"-"--ea 

Division.         '      """«•  '"""«'"  "I'  "'«  rearof.l,'  .«ix,h 

"i-'"H,y.,,,i.,  j.  ;,;;;.,,;''''"■'■'■-■■' M.,.i,ai',  Aids,  a.,. 

T.m:;:!;::""'ir:'.;- '" "'"  ■''" --  •"••  ^-  v„rk 

""'"''■■""K  lii'y  MM.'n  !!','i'  '!  '•■  ""■ '''""'"  "'||•■^.• 

Dlll.iu.     Til,.  Tiiin,...,' ■  ""•    '■"•""laii.l    ..r  Cantiiiu 

''"■-li"tl.,..vl,      '■'",  "'"•'■'■■'"-   •■■ on.  all 

'-'«.    I.  was '""'"■ '""-I -.ava.s  and  Mark 

••■^■•■>vas  ,,;::.,,;!;;■  ;-;;:''';'7''";'^M..an,s:,n,..r.  n.,. 

N«'Vt  r.iiii,.  ,|„.  ^^11 

''"•  '^""^"--^  "'"I   Na,.«.,|;"T    '"  "  '•''"•^^  ■""<"••'...      notl, 
"'""•'••'■  «'^  l»r^..  naus.,r.ii      r'"'"''-    ""■'■''••'  •'"  "n.nrr.s. 


m 


101 

Next  came  the  Indopendciit  Singing  Sooioty,  some  two 
hundred  and  fifty  in  number,  and  carrying  flags  sinular  to 
thoKO  in  the  Societies  above  nicntioiu'd. 

The  Columbia  Song  Society,  a  CiiMinaii  organization, 
followed,  and  presented  a  creditable  nppcarann*. 

The  Eighth  Division  was  undcrthedirertion  of  ({enmil 
Henry  Stomia,  Aid  to  thr  Grand  Marshal,  assisted  by  .luhn 
Benson,  Esq.,  and  shortly  after  one  o'clock  formed  in  John 
street,  the  right  o!i  Broadway.     It  was  led  by 

The  l^utchers  of  the  cities  of  New  York,  Brooklyn  and 
Jersey  City,  numbering  about  four  hundred.  They  were 
on  horseback,  and  wore  linen  aprons  and  over-sleeves. 
Each  ineuiberhad  pinned  to  the  bijipel  of  the  coat  a  ncMtly 
printed  p(»rtrait  of  Mr.  Fi«'Ui,  with  the  w(u<ls  : 

"Bi  rcnKKs." 

"  POUTRAIT    OF     CVIMS     W.     FlIW-D." 

Many  had  also  attached  to  it  jiorlionsof  the  Cable  made 
into  chains.  Following  the  ninnl.crs  came  a  large  wagon, 
<lrawn  by  six  horses  and  beaut ilnlly  de<-orated  wiih  Hags. 
A  huge  stulTcd  ox  was  placed  on  it,  and  underneath  the 
ox  was  a  diminutiv-  steer.  Aronnd  tin:  wagon  were  tin- 
following  inhcri]>tions  : 

"  Ox    W  '^niNcnoN. 
Livi:  WKHiiir  ■i,iW  i.ns." 

"TuK  Atlantic  CAni.K— AKat  from  ihi;  Si  x  of  Lini;iM  v, 

DESTiNKi)    i(>  Irj.i.MiSATi:    mif:  (Jloomifst  Kk- 

CKSSKS  (»K  rui:  Wuki.p." 

"Tiii:    Caulks   (.f   Tvuanny   aim;   mijohtfi)  hy    rnK 
Cabi.ks  of   Inii;i.i.i<jf,.n('k." 


1 1   I  If 


Jffi 


ji  11.    mf 


mmm^-wrmmmim 


162 
Numbers  of  cars    „, 

-'™  a"  Rail,  decoratod  ,„d  !  ""''  "'"'  """""j'"-    T"^? 

"  'Vcrncultural  intorn«r 

"h-h  were  ...^..i  .U^JT')  "'^  ««  '""-e.  and  m 

fi™'-    Ar„„„d  it  were  he'^Tot    '""''  "'"'  "'>'"'"'•  "»»  "-e 

"  followmg  inscriptions : 

"""  >  Ant„„:„_Man  „k  FKrr  " 
A  wagon  of  co,iKidt.r.l,p„    • 

;:;"'-■""«  M„.ep;  o«;  L:""',"'?"  "^ »-  >>--«.  »nd 

»«'-yanl,  «•„,  u,e  nj,  ^;'""'  ■''"  "'«  ""imals  of  the 
»  Y'''  '''-"I'tionsoT'  f;,',!'r"-'-'  fi-n  the  outside 
■••';"""•  •^•••.  of  „„„,„,,  ^;;S^^^;""es,  corn,  cabbage,  beet., 

"  "  l-oe'M;!,:f;:;;;!';.';;«;  P-ducts  was  lo„dlv  cheered 
w^-dlT'"'^  '■»—  "f  r;"-"'3.  ••The  Van 

The  Crotoii  \f;ii 
•i™.wn  liv  ,i^  I,,,,.      ""''on  consist,.,!  „f     , 
WM  f.,ll,;„.e  "  '  ■''  Pil'-'d  up  Witt  1  "  '■"?"  "■"•••''' 

"««'^«    TOTHE    Jin,     , 


^1 


'1.1  'I 


il 


■  ,h:k 


i 


103 


The.  Crotou  Mills  arul  Metropolif.,,,  M 


trucks  witl 

A  numlu'r 
proot'ssion. 


specim 

Shetland 


f  H 


■  111  had  n\ 


NO  H'vt'r.'il 


our  and  savka  of  wheat. 


ponies  cIoHrd  this  portion  of  tli 


The  Workingn.cn's  Association,  numbering  son.,,  tl.r.e 
hundred  members,  followed   ind  ..11      .•        T 
PiI.,r.nP„,i         •        "'"^^'<'"»>'^  .1   delegation    from   the 
Palace  Hardens,  m  carriages.     Af>er  then,  can.e  the  I  o  .. 
shoremen's  Sociefy.    which  dosed    the    .livis  .         T    ' 
jnusteredstrongandlookedndmirablv.     As     X,,        •* 
Broadway  they  were  loudly  cheered  lytti;:::;;;::''''^' 

The  Ninth  Division  was  co,nnmnded  by  (^n.tuin  C  < 
Mott  assisted  by  Lieutenant  Macintosh  Ud^Dw'- r 
"ice,  Lsq.  •   *  • 

First  came  the  eartmen  of  the  city  of  New  York.     Thev 

umbere     upwards  of  two  ]:nndred;  their  carN  were     1 

; -'-^-IwUh  flowers  and  neatly  painted  ior  the  o... H! 

"H\vwere  respectably  attired  and  present,.]  a  fin,.  a„- 
I-aram-e.  Many  of  th,.  nn.nbers  had  th.-ir  wives  ad 
''In  dren  w.th  them.  The  childn-n  w,t,.  dress<..l  in  whife 
an.U^ver,.,!  with  ribbons  an,i  garlands.     Th,.  next  in  onhr 

Th,.'  milkmen   of  the  city  of  New  York.     Th.-re   wre 

;'«arly  two  hundn.d   n.ilk  .-arts  in  .h..  pro,-,.ssion,  b.-arin^ 

"-•  well-known   -  Pur,.   Ora.M.^e  county  milk."     S.u,,,.  of 

'"•  rarts  w,.re  newly  painte.I  and  the  milk   ,ans  were  all 

"'i-'I'ly  polished.     Tl,.e   horses  were  covered  with   fl.nver>, 

"'Hi  on  some  of  the  cars  -nscripfions  w,.re  suspend,,!.    (),„•: 

"VrCTORIA,    IJCCHA.NAN    AMI    FlKM., 

May  their  Shadows   nkvkr   iik   less." 


!       '<  h 


^W^"."WgSl  JH^WWI. 


}04 
On  another : 

b«n».  "'   ''"•■•"'••^'«''  "i'h  Howon.  a,,,!  rih- 

Brewen.  with  tla-ir   Lop,...  „,.  1 
'--re.  sr,.at  f;.at„r.  o.-r  „  *""'   '""""•^"'.  ""J 

-toam  br,.«-..rv  ha.1  ,,..voral  trrk'""'?-  '^'"'  -^""^-  ^'"^l^ 
«fam  apparatn,  at  work.  Dill";'?  ""  """  »  •='""I''-'-" 
powticn  H  a«  the  Collowing  •    '  ""  "  """'  Prominent 

^ARLtT  JUlT  are  ours." 

On  the  reverse  »i,Ie, 

••  The  two  Epochs  or  the  AcE^ELrc-^n,. 

Ale"  **^*^'^  a^d  Ste.111 

Nearly  twenty  tyn 
.11  d««mt«J  with  flar*:    """  ^^  -*'"  ""•'  '«  '">"«. 


I  he  electnc  oil  rh 

••-«1  with  e^  4c.,rClj  an'"'""'^  wagcgavlj 
•    0»Jde.l^wi,h_,^      ''•^^- »'■•' -ore.  followed  by 

^^""""f  American  coal 
Among  thnie  wa,  .  k„  • 

Hon..  -itofin.^,,i„,~''   -^,'l'-«n    by  fifteen 

•"  d«W  ,„t  with  fl„„,„  l^j^^'-l-  The  ho^ea  w 


i05 


Oas  genomtiiip  and  cooking  ran<res,  drawn  on  trucks, 
came  next. 

Then  ''.>llo\vod  aprrfert  oookintr  appnratu-^,  drawn  on  a 
lartre  truck,  with  the  following  insfripticm  : 

"  Thk  Birtii-ykau  op  the  two  Great  Wondkhs  of  tiff: 
AoK — TiFE    Atf.antic  Ti:r.F:oRAi'FT,    ano  the  \on- 

EXPLOSIVE  Gas  CtE?rERATFNO  COOKINO  Ranoes." 

CanrphcMM?  and  alcliohol  distillers,  and  the  new  steani 
carriage  of  Mr.  Dudgcn,  joined  tliiH  diviHion  of  the  pro- 
C'Rsion, 

Tlie  printing  ii*k  manufactorers  followed,  and  n>nde  a 
crej'.itablc  display. 

The  coopers,  saddlers,  sewing  machine  makers,  with  the 
implementJ*  of  each  trade  at  work,  came  next;  and  after  them 
a  number  of  safer^,  of  all  sizes,  drawn  by  eight  powerful 
horses,  and  beautifully  decorated. 

Platform  scale  manufacturers  and  gntta  percho  life- 
boat manufacturers  lollowed. 

A  gtjtta  percha  life-boat  was  drawn  on  ft  lofty  car  by  six 
horses.  Qn  the  side  of  the  )>oat,  wtiich  was  decorated  with 
flags,  was  the  inscription  : 

••  On  Ocean's  Bosom  safelt  FFiOATS 
Larcheb'sX^utta  PERcnA  Boats." 

A  patent  bread  and  biscuit  machine,  drawn  by  six  horse*, 
succeeded^ 


ir'l 


mpia^jipiipipi^ip^wwiillll    wii  iiiJiaiJiim  Ji- 


■iiv)    11^*1^^ 


i06 


Tl 
num 


prorrssion   tn  .h.  n..l.. ,  ^     '''^'  ''^^<^  accou.panioc 


the  pro<vssion  to  the  C'rvsi.    P  '  /"  ''^'^^"'P'"''^'^^ 

obout  six  o'clock.  ^  "'"'  '^'"^^'  '^  ^^^^''ed 


Th 


RECAPITULATION. 

eprocrasiont^ok  one  hour  and  fortv 


on'ifting  Ktoppogos.  ^°''''^'  minutes  to  pass, 

tha'r:::!  :.:;;-<'->a'ion  or  t,...  „u,„ber  i„  each  Society 


TheM 


III 


tary 


000 


«crc«nt,L.  Library  Associatio,,. ,„„ 

Italians...                                     300 

^-npnn.i;-;;;j-^^^^^^   200 

1>l»«>prap|,i,.aj  Sociotv ^^^ 

rpnt'TH ' 200 

'Sailors ^                "' 200 

Kxpr.Nsui,.n 300 

OrticiulH  and  fJucstV.". ^ ^^0 

VetoranHof  1812.." 100 

Caledonia  (.'lub " 100 

Cand)rian  Sooit«ty 150 

^^^'^-ofT,,,^;,^-;--' 100 

Uorku.g  Men's  Clubs     400 

Rondall'H  isla,„|  j^^^.^         " 100 

On  wag,Mi«,  {vsfunaiv  "" 120 

Stuton  iHlandofH. ...   400 

t'edtral  Oflict-rs.  ..*.'.'_'    " 100 

25 


\ 


^iiiS^ 


107 

Hutrhrrs  of  Nfw  York,  I'moklyii,  .iihI  JiTsrv 

(Mry I'M) 

Workiiii^iiuMi's  A>su»'iatioii. IM) 

Loimslion'mfu's  Sorii'ty •>')(> 

('airmen  of  the  city  of  Now  York L'OO 

MilkiiMMi  of  Ni'w  Y'ork :{()0 

New  Yolk  'rinnv«M<in KIO 

AliieinoiiM'  Saii^crlnnul '{70 

Iii(lcpoinl»'iit  SiiijTinsi  Sorit'ty 'J'A-'t 

( 'olumhiii  SdDiT  Soriftv i.'(M» 

Krakt'lilia  Dramatic  Socioiv ll'*' 

nan.l '-i'^y 

( 'avalcailc    of   Kqucstiians'    liistitutf  of  Wil- 

liaiiisl)iii<: -10 

Smaller  societies,  not  enuiiuTati'tl :{,()()() 

Total  in  line  ftl.out l.''>,n() 


PKOCKKPINCS    AT    Till:    CiJVSlAl,    l'AI<ACi;. 

It  liad  been  anan^'.d  that  the  proressioti  kIioiiI*!  arrive 
Qt  the  I'alace  at  fonr  o'clock,  or  a^-  near  to  that  lionr  an 
might  be  practicable.  In  anticipation  of  Ihi.s  tin;  «loor« 
were  thrown  opm  at  two,  ainl  imme.liatrly  the  biiihlinj^ 
began  to  fill.  Those  to  whrnn  <,necn  tit  kets  ha<l  been  i^iveii 
onte'^H  bv  the  main 'h'or,  <»n  Sixtl"  avenne  ;  those  who 
obtained  white  tickets  were  admitted  through  the  side 
entrance,  on  Fortieth  street,  and  liad  access  to  the  pdJcrieH 
in  the  vicinity  ni'  the  platform,  which  was  «-n'cled  in  the 
navo,  and  exten<led  backwards  fioin  the  centre  to  the  eaHt- 
ern  window.     The  platform  proper  occnpicd  but  half  of 


m  II,  mn  1 1  wrtrr^'mmm 


■W^IHP< 


miiiMi^p^p 


■PVPVWiPVP 


lOS 
thi8,paco.    Midway  befwppn  .1,    r 

«■  ">«  Plntronn,,  „„,  T  .     1:  '"'i  ""l'  '"'■''"■  *>>«  ft„„, 
«'^";<■  l'"..d,  „,.  „„:„„,l  ;;■  '•    Those  w.r„  ..t  „p,rt 

Lcmsolvc..    „,„„,  „,,„„v„|^.   "";■  ""=  '""«'<;«.,,,  acquitted 

'«..J«.un,.ly  car,„,,„j,  „,„,  ^  ,,  f  '"   ""t-^^   l-iatfor,,,  was 

'"J',  i i"vi»od  ,„r  ,1  '  "'"  l''"'f'"-,„  and  the  gal. 

*-"gli»li  ,„,d  An.eri,,,,,  ,■ ,  ""  ""'•''    S'ispendcd   the 

r"'— «'-"  ga, ;,  ::y;"' «■-  tho<;„„t «fth 

,7'"^^'  -  I.i"h  J,a,.,,_..      '";"f  •■•"-'  '«3ldayi„g  i„  the 

'hew,  the  IM.,.  ,        "  *""''Urat  of  V,l„  "     i,  . 

•    "'"'•"^•^^wasdestituteofanv   .„  ^^""^ 

...  *'""'>'^"«mi)t  at  decoration. 

•»'  live  (.'tliirli  ,,  .  . 

,•;;"••  7"  "-raised  bene  r-'s"  "T''  »"''  '-"  "-eir 

»'•»•  Maury,  of  „,„y^'™»'>8  wl,om  were  Lieutenant 
^^""J".  »f  the  Madison  s;a"^^p"*>''ingto„,  l^ev.  Dr. 

n  rr  ''''»"^^l'"r  ofTv'''*^*""'"'  Chureh,  Rev. 
ttV  "^  J.  l%n.an  (b  r,,^'"/"*  University  and 
'"«  «-«o-.).  o,„„.  .irti;.!^:^^»J^Captai„  DaynL,  of 

A.  a  nuane f„,,   .  '"'"'"""=  ^'"-'•- 

'o"<l  cheoroiifwi  I  ^^  '»VIork  the  roll  «r   j 

wjd  Mavor  Ti...  """hi  the  arrivnl  «f  ♦! 

^or  ^'t'nu^n.oscortiW  p!         ,5 ^'"^  Procession, 

^  ^K"«  W.  Fiel.J  and  fol- 


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V 


tfiriMM* 


109 


/  «- 


lowed  by  Cnptuin  Tliulson,  Captain  Dnyipnn,  Mr.  W.  K. 
Everett,  tlie  ofliccrs  of  the  NiuparM,  IikJiin  uimI  (Jorffoii, 
Most  Rev.  Anfihisliop  Hui^Ih's,  Lord  Nupior,  Hritisli  Min- 
ister ut  WjiKhington,  Mayor  Powi'll,  of  Hroooklyn,  nii.l 
other  invited  guests,  entered  by  the  door  on  Forty-stTond 
street,  and  were  reeeived  with  hearty  n|)|>lan^^l^  which  wan 
repeatedly  renewed  as  they  ascended  the  idatCorni.  Im- 
mediately after  these  dignitaries  had  taken  their  places  the 
crew  of  the  Niagara  entered,  hearing  oannrrH,  (lags  and 
models  of  their  ship  and  the  Againenmon.  As  s»H>n  as 
they  had  reached  the  front  of  (he  platform  one  of  them 
called  for  •'  three  cheers  for  Cajitain  Hudson,"  and  all  cheer- 
ed h.stily.  "  Three  cheers  for  Tyrus  W.  Field,*'  was  the  next 
cry,  and  it  met  with  a  tl.undering  response.  Queen  Vic- 
toria, President  Buchinan,  Mr.  W.  E.  Everett,  and  tiio 
City  of  New  York,  were  all  similarly     )nored. 

In  the  IV  2an  time  the  advance  guard  of  the  Seventy-first 
Regiment  entered  the  northern  gallery,  and  deployed  itjto 
line.  The  evolutions  of  this  corps  were  highly  applauded 
and  their  presence  excited  no  little  attention.  By  t'legrees 
several  other  bodies  of  the  military  in  the  procession  appear- 
ed and  took  the  places  assigned  them.  Six  o'clock  having 
at  length  arrived,  Mayor  Tiemann  advanced  to  the  front  of 
the  platform  and,  in  a  liiw  words,  announced  the  purpose 
of  the  demonstration.  The  cheers  which  greeted  his  ap- 
pearance were  loud  and  long  continued. 

The  musical  performers  then  rose,  and  rendered  in  mag- 
nificent stylo  Haydn's  well-known  chorus : 

"Acliloved  is  tlio  glorious  work, 
■    .       Our  Bong  let  bo  tho  praiso  of  God, 
Glory  to  Ills  namo  forever! 
Ilis  Boal  on  high  exalted  reign* ; 
Hallelujah!    AmcDl" 


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110 

Hov.  Dr.  A<]arn..  r.fl.p.l  prayer,  aftor  which  the  musicians 
ro8o,  ail.]  sang  thr  followi.iir  o,h  : 

"V    Mi:s.    AN.V    s.    PTKI'Iinxs. 

«»'^  ^".^  not  ,1a.  ocer.n.  the  s„.n„  or  tl.o  l.roozo 

Now  inwi.l  roi-ns  trinin-hanr  wl.orc-    N,?  .  ,  !      "     " 

'  '^  ikiit.  (,,„1  save  tlie  Queen: 

'-t.l...Jovof,,.,,,..H,n„piH.,.anno„vriso 

'  mulct!  God  savo  the  <(„c<,„  r 
>VI,c„  ,l,c  .„„s„  ,.f„.,„  ,,     „^^ 

F"'  rni„.l  ,..;.,„      '  „    '■'  »"-•  ''"  I"'S"  .,p,ul  ■. 
„    ,.  "'"•I.nt.(„..l  ™vc,l,oQ„,,.„, 


If 


^.^Mi^MiMibaMMaMfe^gyMhi^ 


HI 


Thisovrr,  Mayor  Ti«'iiuinn  ngain  caino  forwanl,  ami,  amid 
volu'imiiit  oluMM-ing,  pr«'S(Mit<Ml  ti»  Cyrus  W.  Fi«'ltl,  Ksi].,  thr 
freedom  of  the  city  in  a  gold  box.  In  iiiakiiig  the  prest-n- 
tation,  he  said  : 

Sin — History  records  hnt  few  enterprises  of  Hiu-h  "  fjrent 
pith  and  inoiiient  "  as  to  command  the  attention,  and,  at  tlie 
same  time,  enlist  the  sympathies  of  all  mankind.  In  all 
ages  warlike  expeditions  Ijave  been  undertaken  on  a  scale 
of  grandeur  sutticient  to  astonish  the  w«»rld  ;  Imt  the  evils 
which  are  in>(»paral>lo  from  their  pr.secntion,  have  always 
sent  a  thrill  of  horror  through  the  anxious  nations.  The 
discovery  of  this  western  continent  eviMi,  the  grandest 
event  of  modern  times,  was  made  by  an  insignificant  fleet 
which  left  the  shores  of  Portugal  without  attracting  the 
notice  of  the  civilized  world.  Far  dilVcrent  has  been  the 
history  of  the  daring  and  diflicult  enterprise  of  uniting  the 
Old  World  and  New  by  means  of  the  Klectric,  Telegraph. 

From  the  very  outs(;t,  the  good,  the  great  and  the  wise 
of  all  lands  beneath  the  sun,  have  watche«l  with  intense; 
anxiety,  and  even  when  doubt  exinled,  with  warm  interest, 
every  step  taken  towards  the  acromplishment  of  what  was 
universally  acknowledged  to  be  the  most  njomentoiw  un- 
dertaking of  an  age  made  marvelous  by  wonderful  scientific 
and  mechanical  achievements.  The  two  greatest  and  freest 
nations  of  the  globe  by  independent  constitutioufi!  legisla- 
tion, ami  by  the  aid  of  their  tinest  ships  and  their  ablest 
officers  ami  engineers,  combined  together  to  iiisure  success. 
Capital  was  liberally  subscribed  by  private  citizens  in  a 
spirit  which  put  greed  to  the  blush.  The  press  on  both 
Bides  of  the  Atlantic  recorded  the  details  of  the  progress 
of  the  undertaking  with  cordial  interest,  and  Bccurejl  the 


i 


■vnr>*v««<^w«ni 


■IWP>W«i^"^"«'' 


I  mwrnm 


■wr 


1J2 

"''".•.■..■los  e„„l.l  <|„„„^,  „„  ,,;;.,       "",''3'  "  '"""  "ho,,,  „„ 
P"-  V...,  „„  „pp„,,,.;.  ,,.;  -^^  <'-«ur„,^,  „„  ,,„„„, 

''•^■'  '•■•'•"  fo,.„,.  «a„;  i„i , ' ""™' '"  >■"'"  «•"""-"-■ 

""•""'""■  »•!  in  a  faiel,%l,  /       ■•■'f'  '"  ""'■•'•'y.  "'  J'^to- 

;;■ '^  'I"-  .nore  ,.„,::,,;: ,  ";">:  I--  -,„ „  z 

:-' = " -p-.i.i!, ,  :^,~'"" ;™'''--  '■• »"  'i'" 

'"'  '"""■■    "  i»  ror^",',t  r  """""' '" '"•'"■"■«  •■'  »"«•'■■* 

lro„,  ai„„„„  ,.o„r  fWi,,,,.  ,„  ""   '"   """  y""  >'"w  »fa,„l  out 

•"'™'-"  ■■'"•u-ra,,.f„,  „,,,:,,;;;;;,;■'  ■"■"''  '"^  th,.ir,.„,-,i,„i  a.i- 

'^■;i'^;iiL;':::,:::;;^i;f'-t„  ,,„,,„,  ,„„,,„,„ 

^'■«"'^<-.l  b,u.k  „,,„„  t|,„„  ';•"  ""••  f  l-y  "f  J-o„r  «„„,«  i, 
-■«-'  »">..g  .h,.,,,.  T  ;;"••  '""'"I  'I'^'t  >o„r  lot  ,,„,  ,,,„ 
{"••-•"'"l''i.of  your ■,.,,.,,■'     ■".■"  '"'•'■'""y  t.vsti(i,.,l  ,|„.ir,,,. 

^>-    "'" o..».    ':."•""'"""•'■-  P-..v..ani. 

A'-l  ""»•.  .,r.  „„.  i, •  ;  -'vnade.    a„,l    a.Mres... 

-'.V  ■'-;  .I-  w,..,„„,  c'„     ^r"'"""'"  "'■  <!-. .'-  «-t 

"7" '"I"!-  ."rofu'r  ■  ","'™''  ""••   "I"'  '»- 

«•»""■"  »...!  »ub«,u„i.,  cife  r,  ?"'  """"""I'l".''"  "t  i-»  foir 

' '"  '"■<"«■"  t"  .v.M.  a  OoU 


'I 


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k^ 


113 


H'^-,  with  the  arms  of  tlio  oifv  onirr.-ivod  tl 


on  niaiiilv,  uiii 


riiouy  of  the  fii-t  tlint  to  v 

(l(Mirt',  tli(»  worlil  is    iii(l;|)t,>,l    U>y   t! 

(tf  tllf  illMlllcsr  (Mlti'rpriso  of  our  .l;iv   ;ni.l   i; 


HMCoii,  in  trsti- 


.Icr.i* 


iviiic  Trovi 


I'     SIKMTSv 


fill 


•  •\f<Milion 


.'-•'inafi.di  ;  jiiid 
«M-mcn  and  CfiMiniunalt  v  of  iji,' 


in  bi'h.ilf of  tin"  !\layor,  Aid 

t'ity  of  New  York,  I  now  n'qn<>sr  v 

token  oftlicir  approliatinn.     In  (-(.ncl 

most    airn'(>al)U'  dnty  of  my   pnl.lic   life,  1   sim-crrlv  tinsf 

that  your  duvs  mav  Ix'  loiiir  in  tlu>  land,  and 


our  a»'C(>|itaiico  of   tliis 
Msion,  sir,  of  this  thn 


>hl 


as  |)ros|)(>roii» 


and  lionoralilr  as  yonr  a^-lnovonu'iit  in  nnitinir  lh<'  two 
hiMiiisplMM-cs  by  a  cord  of  rhn-trir  (MMnnnmicaticui  has  hcori 
siiocessfnl  and  glorions. 

Mr.  Fiidd  advanced  to  ro]>ly,  uinid  a  storm  of  ch.TrK 
aj^aiii  and  again   rcn<'wed.     He  said  : 

Sir — This  will  he  a  memorable  day  in  my  life  ;  ?iot  «»idv 
borausc  it  celebrates  the  suorets  of  an  aehievement  with 
which  my  name  is  connected,  bu'  because  the  honor  comes 
from  the  city  of  my  home — the   metr()]>(ditan  city  of  Iho 


New  World.      I   see  1 


lere   not   on 


ly  tl 


le  CIVIC  authorities 


and  citizens  at  large,  but  my  own  personal  friends — men 
with  whom  I  have  l)ocn  comit^ted  in  busincHs  and  friendly 
interconrre  for  the  greater  part  of  my  life.  Five  wpcKh 
ago,  this  day  and  hour,  I  was  standing  on  the  d«'ck  of  tho 
Niagara,  in  mid  ocean,  with  the  (Jorgon  and  ValorouM  in 
sight,  awaiting  for  the  Agamemnon.  Tin-  day  was  cohl 
and  cheerless,  the  air  was  misty,  and  the  wind  roiighenod 
tho  fca  ;  and  when  I  thought  of  all  that  we  had  pjissed 
through — of  the  hopes  thus  (iir  disappointerl— of  tin*  friends 
Kuddened  by  our  reverses — of  the  fmv  that  ren  -.ined  to 
sustain  us,  I  felt  a  load  at  my  heart  almost  too  heavy  to 
bear,   though  mv  confidence  was  firm  and  mv  deterniino- 

b 


"■I<1|»IW»I 


r™»«i»»^w*««^P"W" 


w\  '^m 


IH'>I^ 


•' »  1 


"""in 


tion  fixed.      Jlovv  <h 


th 


'«  vast  crow.l  te^ti/y 


fleront 


IH 


is  th 


praiHfs  wit  I 
occasion, 


villi?  tljcir  sy 


«  scene  now  before  me^ 


Mr, 


"^"^  '^tint   a,i.]  /Herids 


lynipathy  and 


tlianks  for  t] 
and   r  },en 


«'ves   ine  the 


VVitljOIJt 


me- 
«'J>l»ro"al 


'•'  ^'"tliij.siastic 
iiiakt 


^f>portnnitv  t 


in'.'ijher.     Xh 


IS 


'•^ception  which  I J 


^'  t'xjiress  niv 


—   »'V  acknou.     1         "'^"  '  "^vo  received, 

P^'^N'S  ad<l  (hat  th.y  h,  '  ,  •  ,,  ^«  ^''^  '^''J'-^  r  n.av, 
^  -'-'..  the  Cahh.  w;  VT  '"'■  ••^^'i-^'i>'-^'-' place:,. 
^'"^^  I-^«od  over  it  e.  ;      f  '^'  ''"^   ^""''''^    — g 

^'h^^^ox,.ir,whic;:ir:t^:7--^-th-owns^: 

'""•^'  «'-"   tc.ti,y  to      ".rr"'"^'' --'-<-''.  your 

«^-"  *-ity  thinks  oi-n.yaetsr       '"'  ''^'''^•■^"  ^^''•'^   '"V 
f--<' in  such  flatlerin.     :    ^' T'  ■"'''  ^'"•^"•^^^'   '^i'--^ 

""^"'^«-  '"''  ^  '■'"^^at  my  most  heartfelt 

'"  ^'•ricl.i^ion,   .r,.,wi 

;'->'  '  Lave  reJv        ::;•   '';  "';  '-"  .™"  »  '^'^V^t<* 
^■^^"-.Vork:  ,„  ,.„,,„  ,".;'"'-'  -l."H,un  villa.  „f 

""•'••"■  it  i'  '■»tnr,l,|,,,'  •'"*■'  '"''•"'    fkes  place 

""■"  •'•••'"•'--ri.nui;;!,-,;!':,  ;""''■''<■'■■"■'-" «-  greyed 

" ^'""■'  W.  F,K,,.,  v„/r  ■?''"''■•  ^"'I''™'''"  '.  'S«. 

"le  Urr,Tt„„  „,,.  , 

^-W,,,,,,,^.,,,,,,        '■ lyo„r,,.,low.,.i.i...,a 

•""re-t  .,„..„.„,i„„„|  „        ;;•  Jo«r  J.,y„„s  c-,.|,Wati„.  „■ 


i 


'ii 


'i 


iir, 

After  whicl.   he    resumed    his   neut    nrni.l   trerfUMuh.us 
cheer  rig. 


ermcn, 


Air.  John  Chiricy,  rreaidetit  ..f  the  IJoard  u(  \V\ 
rose,  iind,  in  luukiiifr  „  simihir  pivs.iit.-itioii,  addressed  Mi 
Arehibahl,  the  liritish  Viee-Consul  at  this  port,  who  repri- 
Be.ited  Captain  Preedy  of  tlie  A^'ameinnon,  and  Haid : 

Sir— T!ie  Common  0(Minci!  (.f  New  York,  assendded 
witli  a  great  multitii.h'  of  their  felh.w-eitiz.Mis  to  rckdirate 
tlie  snceessful  laying  down  of  the  Atlantic  Teh'graph  Ca- 
bh',  are  desirous  of  inehiding  i,i  the  well-deserved  lionors 
of  the  oecasion  yourself  and  your  brother  ofTn-rs,  the 
Hritish  Engineers,  Klertrioians  and  the  crew  (.f  the  vessel 
un.ler  your  command.  While  publicly  expressing  our 
admiration  and  gratitude  to  (uir  own  countrynie'i  concern- 
ed it)  this  wonderful  achievement,  we  have  felt  it  our  duty 
that  their  respected  associates  beyond  the  sea,  umtfd  with 
them  in  the  laborious  and  often  harassing  edbits  necessary 
to  effW't  the  great  work,  should  shai  with  tlicm  in  our 
hearty  recognition  of  their  Kervic<'8.  We  regret  only  that 
we  cannot,  on  this  joyous  occasion,  hav<'  the  happinoHS  of 
tendt'iing  our  grateful  acknowledgments  in  person.     . 

We  regard  it,  imleed,  as  one  of  the  most  pleasing  cir- 
cumstances connected  with  this  all-important  etiterprise, 
that  it  has  been  jxohieved  by  the  united  counselH,  ein'rgies 
and  means  of  the  two  great  kindred  nations. 

As  electrical  science  haa  been  brnught  to  its  present 
highly-advanced  state,  by  a  series  of  profound  n-searclM's, 
succcHsful  experiments  and  brilliant  discoveries,  alternate- 
ly  made  on  either  side  of  the  water,  from   the  time  of 


% 


mn  nj,i  I  |,iiniy»^>y«ip»|.pM  p  .1HHI-1IWIJI  juiuyu  ■■nipw^^?^!^^— ''^*^^'>' 


■IPW  ^^ 


w 


no 


Hafisf 


;»'»Knn  down  to  fl,n 


"'";•"  ^'"-'^  ^'"-^  lasf,  and  all 


present  day,  vvo  roflmt 


«Prl"'ation  of  ti,,.  ,,,,,^j 


l»ijt 


n 


wifli  exfrpmo 


H'    <•( 


"•'  in.irrd 


""*>'n^'J  8ci,.ntific  k 


''  <'''^'n«'nt,  J,as  b 


"''•'»'^"''»'S  practical 


pon 


^'"•''•i-T,  |M.rs,.v 


nowIednr(,.,  ,„<, 


'^■■«"-' -.-u,;,;.^:,:;'";;;;'r;  r "; '^^"'' 


•"i^cojnj.lislioj 
'^JiaiuVal  skill 


''V^'fthv  (Jov, 


''"^i  un( 


ninx'rits. 


iler  th 


f^piiit  of 


^'''^"  oin.ors  .,f  i,ot| 


'""■*  ^^  '>'«  tl,(.  aid  of 


<■  auspiVf^^l'^j 


ICIl 


ofH 


T  to 


voii 


'"♦•■itaihi'd  I 


'  '"  an  ;i;M)r,-) 


'  •'"''•V'  OS.      ^v,.   ,j 


<»f  fl 

on 

liav 
that. 


>iirs(>I 


i\'>'-.-)pnat(.  tcs-.;, 


fe'ai  lilt  anfi 
•'■'^ne    os|„.,-,aIlv  to 


IC 


"•••rs  and 


•■•"■«li;i(  and  rHi 


^■t's  and  I  J,,,  ^f, 


iH.nial,  tlio  InVrl 


<".< 


"•n-nt  liia 


"iijiuin'f^'  n- 


«•  «•< 


^VH  of  the  vessels  und 


""•''•  in    wlilc) 


g'l  scijsc 
f  »<'|»rrs('iit, 
'»   ^virh  the 


t<i( 


'■"l-'-ated    in   J,,,,-,,^,  ,, 


'">•  yonr  ronmiand,  voi, 


\vri( 


'  "^vhih.  the  i„| 


to 


great Iv 


len 


'•^y'tf.nAtlantie  Cable,  and 


Tl 


P'lttlM.   |,i.r|„.s^ 


niffniented  I 


'"f  ^inienltiesoftl 
•y  ^<tr,'.ss  of  ueati 


if^  nndertak 


"g 


'lai    the    I 


)rave   ofjj 


;?'""""-''ip  to  the  proof 


''■'"•   ^''-ir  brotherl 


cer.' 


of  the    A 


lor,  so  st'V(Te  as 
proof.    ^Ve  doubt  not 


N'n-c.'ssf„j 
;7'-'^"r  t,i,nn,,h  t'l 

the  I 


"'^•'  of  the  X 


>i,''«iiMMnnon,  in 


'■'gaia,  hav. 


ooinnion 


,:;:;;."'';"^' -  -f  t,,,:,; 


arded  the 


M 


'y  a  kind  ]• 


'•■'"    .MIV     to     I 


"•'fioent  work 


rovi<!, 


■:,"-  '"'•>  "Wfa,.,.  „f  ,,„„ 


to. 
nee 


as  a 


gained  by  the  etihsion  of 
overruiin-  all  thin-s  f 


L'all;uit  nav 


«''"t'rous  eni.,| 


"'^  "lay  never  I 


'  '-oiintries. 


for 


ati( 


M 


'"  "i  the  arts 


"'  «'"g.ii;cd. 


grant   that   their 


Oi 


nv  tl 


peac« 


t'vcept  as  now,  with 


--C::;;2^r--"a.H,...,„ 


co-operation  -.f 


•fN  first  efK 
tl 


<'t  in 


confirn 


"gland  with  tl 


'»PP''y  accon)plished  by 


^"••«';.-ton..hi„^^^^i, 


"".^  ^''»^ir  friendly  rel 


«'  tJnited  Siut.-s,  I 


ItK 


r"^  "'  »'••'  ^vhol,.  ,J"  "   """""""ication 


'"••»"y  instnnoental 
•^'■'"•'final   ;„,...„ 


ni 


'vili/.ed  world 


lave 

iitions.     While 

'.••«Tn;>  to  the 


I»a«i8 


rcoti, 


•■Nta 


'"'"M}    they  prove  esp, 


""^•'•r  to  be  Hi,,,, 


*^'-    l><'tW( 


poac 


en. 


-t?"    the  t\v 


""<!  a  niutnallv 


"  countries,   on   u 


i'-T       :iUa 


T|-» 


FTJlI 


For  ycMir  sfiarp   in   l>riti<;inu  about   th 
which   tht'si'   ho|M8    ;ii«»  f'omnl«Ml,  Ih.*  ( 
New  York,  on  l)«'h;ilf  of  their  ti'llow-ril 
ycMi,  sir,  to  vour  hr()ihi'r  olVicrrs.t 


aiK 


i  tl 


«'  irn-ai    r.siilt   in 


oiiiiiioii  ( 'iiiiiiril  of 
i/.<ii>«,  now  fpihlfr  to 


(»  vtHir  scinitifir  assori;it«'s. 


10 


<'r<'w  nnclrr  your  ronidiaiid,  our  rarm-st  an<l  hiart- 


fflf  coiiiiratMlatioris. 


m\ 


Mr.  ArrhihnhJ  rt'pli«>(l  as  foUow's  : 

Mr.  Mvinr  and  (Inllrnvn  off/,,-  I'rumn,,  l\,unril : 

NfXt  tu  th.'  coiisfiousticss  (.f  ,hily  Culfilh'.l,  thtMV  r   m  ho 
no  more   -ratifyiuir   reward   than    tli.-  ap|Hohati..,i  .;j  our 

'•'""^^■- "•      To  havo   hcfii  (•(Misidcrc'l   hy  this,  the   urcat 

coniunMcial  iiirtropolis  of  Ainrrira,  as  <lj'sorvint  f  (|„, 
c'loqurnt  trihntc  of  j.raisc  whirli  you  havo  awanh'.l  to  fho 
coniniamior,  otli(<'rs  and  crrw  of  ll.r  Majrsty's  ship  Afja- 
ni.iiuK.n,  \'uY  the  part  which  they  pcrforinrd  in  tho  frrat 
'.•nt.'rp:is(«  of  laying  the  Atlantic  f'ahio,  must  cvrr  he 
re  ..rud.crcd  by  thoni  as  ainon-,'  their  most  hi-^hly  prized 
rewards. 

Intrusted,  in  common  with  their  bravo  and  ^Mlhint  <-om- 
I';miMiis  of  the  Niagara,  with  a  task  demanding  tlio  rxcr- 
cise  of  consummate  skill,  unceasing  vigihmco  and  utitiring 
labor — all  but  overwhclincd  by  the  fury  of  a,  pr(»tracted 
tempest  in  which  they  disdaitied  io  save  thoir  lives  by  the 
sacrifice  of  their  precious  freight,  tin;  ciistofly  of  wliich 
^vas,  indeed,  their  greatest  peril — unda-mtcd  by  repeated 
•ir".  most  discouraging  disasters — still,  ever  bearing  in 
lemcnibrancc  the  inestimable  importance  of  their  high 
nMssion,  and  devoutly  trusting  tn  that  overruling  I'rovi- 
denc<'  without  whose  favor  no  W(»rk  of  man  can  be  accom- 
plished, they  were  at  length  permitted  to  ece  their  arduous 


mm^ 


wmm-r^rmn 


mm 


^W 


118 

must  f„r..v,.,-  ll  r   ^'^    '''^'"■'•f<"">.  ho--  """.e  a.,,1  fa,„. 

""S"Ke.l   nono  n,.,.  "  ^S"'"™-'""    li.iv,.    been 

-during,  Z,        ;"""  f  ■""''"'•  "'"'  "'""'  "ill  bo  more 

■•"8  -inc,;  r ,'::;;;  r"r  °f «-  ~r<«»i  go«<i  f^i- 

"•••ir  :>r»v..  and    k  1    1      n'"''""'"'^  ''"'"'■•™  """»  -"i 

'h^  oni,.,.„  „f  ti„.  N  "^r  n^""'  '-"'"*'""  "•"'"""  ""-^ 

«iKno.l  to  tl„.  botto,,,   'f  M   '        '""'-"'''•''"•  "■<-y  last  co„- 
'hro,mh  wbiob  i»  „       >        ■  ''"'"'  ''"■'I'  """t  '"y"'*:  <^»'-<i 

"tion  in  TCrJ'Z'VTf'"''  "  '^™'"-"  •""- 
roprrKrntativrs   of  tl    "  '''"•''■''''   "anions,  tl.ey,  as  the 

thorc  inangnratr.l  u  Jr   'T'"^**''   *^«""trioR,    the.    and 

forth  ovrr  l,e  to  rival        .  *"  """^  ''""  '""'^'  ^••'"^^ 

conduco  to  the  ha,„,i  "^'""'  *""'>'  '"  ^^-^^'^^  ^^'''c''  «'•«" 

countries.  '  *  "^^^^  and  prosperity  of  their  coiimion 

Mr.  Mayor  and    p    t\ 
Captain  Preo<Jy  i^  noV  1       ?'  ''**^''^**'»S  "'"'merely    that 

•°n  in  the  ovation  which" New  v"[  'u    ^"'''"^^^^^  ''  ^^^ 

^^t-w  York  has  decreed  in  honor     - 


.H 
VV 


^^^immi-mm 


m  m  •:-# 


119 

of  tll0^^c  who  8(jcc«\s8fiilly  accomplisliod  tho  grcnt  Atlantic 
Tolograph  ;  and,  unworthily  n'pn's.iitinij  him  ns  I  lo  on 
this  occasion,  I  bog  U\ivo,  on  behalf  of  liiinsi'lf,  his  olTiccrs 
and  the  crew  of  the  Auameninon,  to  express  to  you,  and, 
through  you,  to  convey  to  the  citizens  of  New  York,  the 
expression  of  their  heartfelt  thanksi  for  this  most  gratifying 
address,  as  well  as  for  the  elegant  and  valual)le  testimonial 
which  accompanies  it. 

It  will  be  my  pleasing  duty  to  transmit  to  Captnin 
Preedy  this  addr«'ss  and  this  beautiful  token  of  your 
respect  and  regard,  which  I  am  sme  will  be  cheri»hed 
with  feelings  of  pride  and  pleasure  by  him  and  by  his 
children  after  him,  as  a  gralilying  proof  of  the  numner  in 
which  the  freemen  of  tlu;  <'ity  of  New  York  appreciate 
and  honor  faithful  elTortH  in  the  perfminance  of  high 
duty. 

The  Singing  Societies  then  sang  anotlier  ode  composed 
by  Mrs.  Stevens,  the  words  of  which  were  as  follows  : 

A  ].  ].    MAIL! 
Am—Ood  Sire  th(  Quren. 

Am.  Iiai!  ncros-^  the  main  I 
Thonplit  ttirilN  our  ('.iMe  rliain. 

Hear,  iiotintifl,  lionr! 
Mind  in  viotorioiH, 
Coliiinliia's  ni;»lc  >,'Iori<>n«. 
While  (J<k1  watchcil  over  hm  ; 

lii'or.  nations,  lionrl 

No  Btorms  tlio  chain  hIihII  hrcak, 
Nations  onr  grcctinR-*  take  ; 

Hear  now  onr  rail  ! 
I'cuctt  sneaks  from  hIioio  to  stiortf, 
(;oo<l-wiIl  Itc  cvonnoro, 
While  wo  tliis  work  adorv.*: 

Praisu  God  for  all ! 


120 


Afte 


Board  off 


add 


"•/vl.icl,   Mr.  Charts  ir.  Il.su-oli,  p. 
"""•^-''■■'in,,  alv.,nc.-,lu;Mi.J.nucl 


«!.SldP 


nissmir  Captain  llu.j 


I  auii 


"I   of  til.'   Xi.ifr 


ira, 


I 


ai( 


S'"-TI,e   Con„„o„    Council   uf  X.-u-    York     1    • 
express  tl.nMi.rl,  ,„,.  ii.,.:,  ri  '^'■'"'-'   ^" 

city,  tiH.  in.M. .,  1;.  ■'  ^'rr'"' " 

"'onial,onmkoU.oUM.I.-oi   ,1    .'-■''   "'"   '''''  ""'^^ 
'^^varo  or  tin..  ,l,K,  ,/ J  '"^  n.y,  or  ..,  ,1...  ,-ation, 

Tl..'  .,Mv,,t  ori.ri„,,,„r  ..^,„,     ,      .  ; 

-^'■n'-''l^Hav.H.dMn.Hr  :::'''  ''''^^^^^^^^^^^ 

^'•:^^  '"'"•'.•  yo„  and  tlu.s,.w|, ,.      •    ";■'"•'"   '""•^■• 

''"---.Id  Ik..  ,,,,,,,,, ;^;; '-''•'•'•'• '-H^^ 

'''"•>--''.i:nH;„no!i|,,,s i;,,.^    .    '      ,,         , 

'"••rii  ,,.•  i:irn.,.,.  .i,  .  ,  '      '     '  •'  '  •••'•'  nnthn,-  |„  d,,.,,- 

"  '  '   "ic  MonMis  will,   ,,  I,;  1 
crm,,u;].     Siill    ,1,:.    ,  ,  '   •' ""   •■"••  •■'■'"••'■'^ 

". NriaM !;,  ::;;■"'■'■'•^ - '^^ 

•  -"  '  '""lOf  (ItMiV  Its,.  I    (I,..  ,1 

"•« "« •■'i'i-™,i„„  „r  V,,,;, .,,     r'"; ^1" 

coinni.Mi  will,  ii„.  ^v^io!  '        •  ""'"     "'  '»'J''"n<:.  in 

tior.s  on  vonr  s„,o..s'  'r ''''"'"'  '"   '"'""■"''    •••".ir-arnl.-.- 
v^rs..d,l„:  „,,,,„    ^,  ."      '••  V.".,  ul.,.  U,..  .„   ,„.,^    „.^^, 

'"^^^'^''"^  -..•!.  aM\'.n,..'!H'?"        '''  '"   '' ''"   '""•--'■^''>''- 
^^rmination  must    ■..,,„,"'"  '''" ''M»"^<'''  t'\  if.  sM.vr>sf„| 

<^ontnn,.la,..d.     Wn.-n   vor'niV'?' "'''''"''''''•''••''''• '^  '^ 
""'""•""•  ••'■•'^''^.iw.h.., I.,     ,";"'\>"'"-  "-'"Ptn   tln-.\i:a. 

"-^^-l-u.vK.tyandHcn.s.ofr.siu.nsi. 


"^^r* 


■••piv^ 


1-JI 


hility  that   \v«'i«^lu'tl    iipun   y.mr  Ii.art  \v«-  iii;iy  ai(iiii|tt  I. 
iiiKiitiin',  but  can  ii.-v.  r  know.      How    vrll,  ii  iw  riuiliriillv 


lose    nil  !«'!•    Voil.  Iiicl, 


liow  nobly,  yon  ;i!iil   tl 

Itilitv  i<  now  .-I  niiiit.T  of  histoiv.     Ai 


;it  II 


siion^i- 


iti  iicvt'r.  sir,  \\i'  M- 


Cl'ITlV 


bcl 


u'vc.  (Inrini;  tin*  iiianv   vr;irs  von    li;i\t'  raniftl 


our  iialiiinil  ilai;  ovor  tin*  seas,  liavc  you  liinii  il  uilli  sn. Ii 
jov  iin<l  cMillatioii  the  short's  of  vonr  native  land  as  vtm 
th«Ml  (lid  till'  liliTi^'od  hfi^hts  tit  Nrwibuiidland.  The  lapsr 
of  liuic  will  only   iucrcase   (lir  niarv»'l  as  we  cniiiiiMplair 


that 


s!(Ml( 


llT    ti 


iin'ad   (lisa[)[n'armg   troni   smlit   ni   \a!t'nii.i 


\ 


r.iiv,  clinibini;  down  the  loftv  rlills  that  tonn  the  i-asicrn 
slioij' — now  lositiiT  iisidf  in  ihf  oozy  bed  ol  tin-  lower 
jdtyss,  and  now  lisinii;  over  ihc  swellin<^  hei^h;s  that  inler- 
veiied — still  streU-hiiig  on  tliroiiiih  the  siirhv'.s  xnliiiides  ot 
the  deej),  until  liiiaHy  it  eiiier«;es  into  view  in  (he  wililn- 
iicss  ot' the  wesiciii  eonliiieiil,  the  ehaniiel  ot  iiistaiMaiie  us 
(■oiniiiunieatiou  between  the  two  worlds. 

or  the  vast  results  ot  this  enter[irise  to  ihe  eiiy  and 
to  the  nation,  I  will  not  venture  to  sjicak.  Of  its  value 
to  the  eivili/i'd  world,  it  is  luijtossibh;  t(»  eonjeeiure. 
Columbus,  when,  tlirough  the  dim  twilii^liL  (d  nioruiui^,  he 
descri»'d  llic  .shores  o(  a  new  world,  did  not  difiim  with 
what  desiinies  liis  name  would  be  liuk<'d.  The  young 
surveyor,  Washington,  as  he  stood  (Hi  the  suiiiinit  (d  the 
Alleghauie.s,  atid  budded  oil"  on  ihe  ti)rests  strt't-jiing  away 
on  either  ,si(h'  of  liim,  rould  not  eoueeivt!  «»f  the  mighty 
nuti<»ii  that  wouhl  one  day  rail  him  "  Katliei."  So,  no  man 
can  now  f(uese«'  wiih  wliat  events,  with  AJiat  htiange  his- 
tories of  men,  your  name  and  that  of  Mi .  l'i(  Id  and  oihern, 
who  have  taken  p.irt  in  this  great  NV(»rk,  will  y»'t,  be  joined  ; 
for  you  liav»r  inaugurated  a  system  that  will  |u-ogr«Ks  until 
a  net-work  of  electrical  nei-Vc'S  hhall  enwrap  the  world  and 


fmmmnmmfi 


WWPJW^W^f*^ 


■  »  mimipw^i^TW^p 


b 


122 

"»"'^"-    If  tl...y  „,„  „„„  , '  "'"  »  "S"l«r  j.l,e„o.„e„a  of 

"  '  ""' "  »'™"«e  eoincid,.,,,,,  t.        ,,!         "r  ^'""'y'"'- 
f^tiir..,  ,„  ,:,„  „  ,  "'»    tlie  hvo  .i.st,„guishi„g 

""•  '""l-n.  .,,.„„,,  ;;  .^    ;^'  "f  "-  «'at.,  Niagara  and 

^-■'-  Win  ti.c. , :"':"'» "-■^-  o„  „„.  „;,,,„ 

'"<••".  a."l  »o  l„,.g  „,  ,,       *'  ,'''"«■•"•''  bo  re,„en,bereii  by 
I'^l-le  01  tl,i,  „aij„„.  "''"""^<'  '"  "'c  heart,  of  tl.e 

'"  CONcIusion    sir    oil 

•""• " « "light  u.,ti,„"  L:  0  H  ?  ^"  ^"^'''  ""■»  Ko'-j 

>0"r  ..n-ice,  .„j  „,  ,  J^  ;'  "J  ' '«  h.gh  value  placed  upon 
«"-'«you.....,„,,„;.f,;'-;^he  ™,eema„d  respect  i„ 

C»ptain  HuJ«,n  rcceiv„J  ,u      - 
'"J  replied  .„b„u„,ia|,/.'fj,';«^j'^  ""'id  S'eat  cheering. 


•"'■•  *"><"•  oW  Gwfem„  . 


■•y  conferred  upon  ,„e.  a.  the 


liJ 


«^MM^jl_-   "'"^ti  ■! 


m 


123 

rhiefoflioor  of  tl.c  Niagara;  and  I  fi.,,!  tho  moro  unfit  to 
mak.^  ndequato  aokiiowIe.lgn,ont  of  your   kiruluoHM  wl„.»  I 
rofltMt  that  wi.atever  Hiinre  I   umy  liav..  lui.l  in  Ih,.  work, 
whose  happy  issue  you  now  cvlehrat.',  it  was  the  siu.ph'  per- 
formance of  a  duty.     W.^  claim  to  have  ,lone  nothing  more. 
It  is  true  our  labor  was  tedious  and  enijros.sing.  but  of  that 
we  never  thought.     We  had  a  high  uhj.rt  hrfor..  us.  an.i 
the  attainment  of  that  was  our  first  wi.h  and  is  now  .ur 
best  reward.     Wiiilst  acknowh.dging   our   gratitu.h'   for 
your  kindness,  we  feel  that  to  others,  as  well  as  ourselves, 
equal  praise  is  d.ie.    The  IJritish  officers  who  shared  in  tho 
work  are  deserving  of  the  highest  encomiums,  and  we  can 
never  forget  how  much  is  due  to  their  assistance  and  how 
much  we  owe  their  country  for  her  kimlness.    In  conclu- 
sion, whilst  repeating  that  we  have  done  no  more  than  our 
duty  in  the  successful  consumation  of  this  great  enterprise, 
we  must  not  forget  that  our  success  is  attributabh^  not  to 
UN  l)ut  to  that  Almighty  and  glorious  Being  whose  crea- 
tures we  are. 

We  had  evidencet^  in  and  around  us,  while  we  were  at 
the  work,  that  we  had  God  witli  us,  and  I  hope  we  will  say 
on  all  occasions  that  "  Unto  Him  and  not  unto  us  be  all  tho 
praise." 

Alderman  McSpedon,  as  Chairman  of  the  Committee  of 
Arrangements,  then  presented  the  freedom  of  the  city,  with 
a  gold  medal,  to  Captain  Dayman,  of  the  Gorgon,  address- 
ing him  as  follows: 

Captain  Dayman,  Royal  Navy  ;  -     ' 

SiH — At  the  request  of  the  Mayor  and  CorporatioD  of 
the  city  of  New  York,  I  fulfill  the  duty,  to  me  a  moat 


V 


ii  I 


-.  /... 


liii 

agreeable  one,  of  pr»'«:».riririff  i..  ,^    .1 

nl  your  «,rvkf,  l.v  f      ■  ,    ,  ''''  '"  «"t"'i"ined 

1-1..VC  that  „,.  .,„  „,,,,i„„  ,";';":■""•'  -?»•  »•'<) .» 

«-.-.--n..„,,.,.,,.:;:;j-;;t;— 

'—1   1.V  ,1a.  c';   ,  1      ,     '"   ■""""•''••  '"^  'I--   '0  bo 

Ca|..an,   AM ,  "'/  V  l"  ""  f """   '"•""'"  "«''•-• 

«-'ai,ui„  (Mur,  oil  ■,.,,,     • '•'J,'"'">' '^  "'"'P    Valorous,  and 

ci'^u...^ .„■»  I,a>,.  ,„.„;  ..ri-'  t       ''  ^"'"'V'""  :   but,  a. 

-i"-»t  ,h„.  ,„,.„„ ;.;;;:  ';7i.-™oe,.i  venture  .„ 

«»-'.   'br  .he   lWu,er  „f  ,h"  e      T  '  '""''"  '"  >«'" 

-V.-)  .0  .he  lat,..r,heUd      :"":"•  ■""  '""  >■»"  »'" 

'"l»elja,.,,rec,ati„„„n,is„„,ri,8. 
In  coiiciuHJuii    bir  I 

'^"'k''  ...  «  ,.N.a.„,  ,!,;.';|P^';"'  3«u  will  occasionally  in- 

KvtluTi,;,,,.,  ,^,   NVwv'\  "".'''  -^■""'■•••'»«'I'ti<».  to-day 

future  MHCHH  will  e-cr      '  '^  '"'^  '^''^'"''^  '".•  J 

i»0"ur«n.J  rcuowu.  "'^-'^'''i'any   you  o„   yo„,  p^tl, 


our 
1  to 


125 

Captain  Dayman  briefly  roplird,  sayinji :  Uo  rould  not 
gi'«  adrquato  oxpr.'ssion  to  Iho  thanks  wii.ich  l\w  kimlnoss 
(liRplaye.l  on  this  oc-jision  (Ifniand.-.l.  unci  hopr.l  that  th.« 
Connection  now  cs<ahlislii..l  hctwcn  Knulaii.l  and  Aninioa 
wonld  he  a  bond  of  perp.-tn.d  amily  and  ^ood-will.  For 
himself  and  his  associates,  who  had  'lad  bnt  an  htnnhh>  part 
in  the  layini^of  the  (\ihle,  he  cnnhl  only  say  .n.-.t  (hey  felt 
donbly  rewanh'd  for  all  their  anxiety  and  labor;  rewarded 
by  the  consciousness  of  havinir  pei formed  (heir  d'lly,  and 
rewarded  by  this  ])nblic  recoirnition  of  that  perfnrnian<'e, 
a.  recognition  tor  which  they  would  ever  be  grateful. 

('ouneilnian  Henry  Arcularii;  ladc  the  presentation  to 
Mr.  Wm.  E.  Kverett,  riiief  Hngineer.    In  doing  so,  he  said  : 

Mr.  Eirrtti : 

Sir — Wc  have  met  on  one  (»f  the  most  interesting  oc- 
casions— one  in  which,  throughout  our  entire  comilry 
and  beyond  the  broad  Atlantic,  a  common  interest  and 
gratification  are  felt. 

Acting  on  tlu!  jirinciple  that  honor  should  be  acknowl- 
edged where  due,  the  nuinicipal  authorities  of  New  York 
have  detc-mined  to  convey  to  you  in  these  public  circuui*. 
Blancen,  and  before  this  vast  throng  of  fricnd.4  and  citizens, 
by  suitable  testimonial,  their  <leep  sen.^i;  of  public  obliga- 
tions to  you  for  the  [)artyou  have  most  aidy  and  Hucct^sfully 
taken  in  laying  the  Ocean  Telegraphic  (.'able. 

I  esteem  it  a  special  Inmor  to  bt;  the  medium  of  com- 
niunicating  their  views  and  feelings,  and  nai  satisfied  that 
I  speak  not  (or  them  only,  nor  for  the  thoi./^andM  now  be- 
fore me,  nor  for  the  one  and  a  half  millions  of  our  city, 
and  the  cities  and  country  adjacent,  but  for  the  twenty-seven 


iM 


^ 


-5 


m^  f 


-f  w».. .,  „.; ,;;; ;-«...  „.„,„.,' 

^^f"*    Tlie  half  c 
--•■IcJ  with  n.=n,™ab[e  e4",l  """'"''""^   >-  beo,,    .„ 
«''"«.  tl,at  it  ha,  a  distir,     '  T    ""  '"«"«•'"'''«  char- 

'"'/""■anon  in  ,,„,.;  "-y-     Tl,o  m,„d  ;,  fl,,^ 

«^^»'  purpose,  of  life  '  '"  '""-^"■'"  adaptation,  to  the 

■■o^ -.l;:::d  t;;:,""  "■r-  «■«  advance  in  the  art, 

"-"--'■" ^''-■..w::;;r:v:h:tr  "'•'"'''*' »"^ 

"•""  «'M  a  world-wide  ch  ,rit     ^"  "^  '"»-««"'  aLre,- 

:.;::.'" -'•■e.>ae:r  r:r::rr"'''" 

*^*"  as  m  Asia  and 

«P'<1  "ucceMion.  S'""  """g".  and  they  come 

T 

2j"'"-'l'::r~c;;;  '•  *• "« -'  .f  -«. 

"«r  countryiuan,  Pro- 


MIMIi 


likdMM 


ttbJkt^mi 


127 

fessor  Morse.  We  may  well  ask  what  cIj.ss  of  men,  wlint 
deparfn.eiits  of  busy  life,  what  interewts  of  literature,  or 
science,  or  religion,  what  nation,  however  remote,  wlnit 
point  of  time  in  the  future  of  the  worhl,  ore  not  to  hv 
directly  or  inclfrectly  afleited  by  it?  Wo  are  lost  in  the 
calculation  ol  its  results  to  the  present  and  the  future! 
It  seeujs  to  us,  to  be  t/,c  bcwfaclnm  of  srinicc  to  the  ux,rlJ 
and  all  ages  of  the  world. 

When  wc  look  at  it  in  the  aspect  of  a  tie  binding 
America  and  Kngland,  (the  children  to  their  sin-H),  in  the 
first  instance,  and  then  as  the  great  movenu-nt  which 
will  lead  to  the  iiuum  of  nations  in  metallic  lumds,  and 
these  receiving  their  strength  n.ore  from  the  f.-elings  of  n 
universal  brotherhood  than  their  nuiterial,  we  cannot  hut 
specially  thank  the  Divine  Providence  which  has  so  fu- 
vored  it.  It  is  designed  clearly  to  be  the  great  peace  agetu-y, 
more  potent  than  any  or  all  the  organizations  which  have 
been  devised. 

As  with  men  in  smaller  communities,  so  with  nations, 
the  more  the  facilities  of  intercourse  arc  multiplied,  the 
more  peifect  the  means  of  understanding  each  other's 
views  an.l  policy,  the  fewer  will  l>e  the  sources  of  disquiet 
and  difficulty,  the  more  ready  will  be  the  mutual  accommo- 
dations to  that  which  will  promote  mutual  benefit,  and 
hence  the  more  certain  the  prevalence  of  an  intelligent 
peace  policy — which  is  the  true  policy  of  our  higher  civ- 
ilization. The  true  benefactor  is  he  who  contributes  most 
to  secure  this  end,  and  this  honor  have  you  and  all  the 
gentlemen  connected  in  the  work  and  the  Governments 
which  have  favored  it. 

At  the  time  we  have    been    intensely  occupied   with 


ill 


■*..■■-* 


m 


128 

<•-o.■^>an:o:l:!:::,:;x^:n,:'''•-'r"''« 

All  wa,  u„  a  scale  "'"r"'"^  '""""■  '»  "'«  »«'"ion- 

»•'""  »a,  all  .,,i^  ,,u  l'     ;    „;       """''  ™»--     «"t  for 

""ociatio,,,,  if  it  ,,;„3    „"    ':»"■""''  ">t"nida,i„„ ;  whose 
«»d  graut  it  „„„.)  ,,,,  I  ""  '""^^-g'-ow"- (which 

•■l-o-ly  war,  a,„l    I  'v  s  '  i!r°"";  'T""  ^'"^  »""'^^'  <>' 
''•"«.  »"-'  •! ...IMp  "   it  ;":      "  ""■'"•="  "'  ''"""'° 

"-  ".'ores.;  ;;r^h""  "'V""  ""^^  '-  «»  '><'  wilh 
""•••"  of  h ,„        .  »  "•  <=»  'I'^-tion,  with  the  advance- 

""y  "-.  Cherbou;;^;:  "si"'  r'r  ?'"l'»"'-el,  „„ga- 
gs  anu  ,Sel>asto;,ols  of  the  world. 

A  foreign  authority  tri,l„  .. 
P»P''  will  exercise  an  ir,,?  ^     '"' ''  "  '''"'  ^"''"'■'=  Telc- 

.  "  °'""''^^'''«  of  a  hundred  kingdoms." 

loiH  day  It  is  nr    i  • 

•"J  »f  .hJ  New  'wor  d  h'"'  """  "'"  '"''»■'"-'«  of  the  Old 

'"'"""'>'- '-■"tered  upon  a  now  era. 
*n  I  he  progress  of 

•'«ncuUie,„„ddi«,,,p„i,"'':f''"»  yo"  have  encountered 
"""■""•-t-™  ;  .n,l  the  ,."'"""  "•"""""•'"1'»'<'J.-'".!  other. 
•"•  -Hi.  with  steady  air  ri"  """"'  ■"'' '"'™  ''"""  '"-"vc 
""•  '••PPy  i«uc.  ha.  won  ^^^^^  '>""'"•  •"•■"""'=■'  '" 


A 


I 


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r^^fin^* 


129 

Wc  watclicd  your  pronross  with  «loop  solicitude  and 
(luickcneil  sympathy  ;  the  May  of  tidings  for  ft8uoco8«ion 
of  (lays  awakened  iningh'd  hopeH  and  f.Nire.  The  ull- 
absorbing  daily  inquiry  wax,  what  tidingn  of  the  Teh'pmph 
Fleet?  When  ^he  word  came,  'The  Cable  is  Iai<l,'— 
it  was  the  only  news  men  listened  ro— it  pas»ed  fn.m 
man  to  man,  and  the  very  ehildren  eanght  the  strain.— 
•  TIjc  Cable  is  laid  '—over  our  eountry  it  sped  on  light- 
ning's wingrt;  hands  were  lifted  in  amazi'ment,  eyes  Hllnl 
with  the  tears  of  joyful  emotions,  and  thankful'  returns 
were  rendered  to  the  benignant  Providence  which  had 
crowned  the  enterprise.  All  seemed  to  feel  the  sublime 
sentiment  of  Captain  Hudson:  •  Ood  has  been  with  us; 
the  Telegraph  Cable  is  laid  without  accident,  and  to  Ilim 
be  all  the  glory.* 

Sir,  we  repeat  our  congiatulations  ;  we  welcome  you  to 
tlu;  honors  of  this  day,  not  as  the  soldier  returned'  from 
war,  with  sword  bathed  in  blood— (yet  this  would  we  do  in 
a  righteous  cause),— but  as  the  representative  of  the  true 
spirit  of  our  age,  the  spirit  of  beneficent  progress — the 
spirit  of  advancing  civilization — the  spirit  of  "  peace  on 
earth  and  good-will  to  men." 


Every  agent  in  this  work  has  a  share  in  the  honorable 
results  ;  yet  the  more  controlling  minds  may  well  receive 
the  higher  meed.  Sir,  yours  w^  the  special  responsibility, 
«i8  the  work  belonged  specially  to  your  <h'partnieut.  You 
will  have  niany  imitators.  This  is  Jje  law  of  all  success- 
ful experiments  and  inventions;  but  to  your  Company  will 
belong  the  honor  of  laying  the  Jirtt  Ailtiniir  Tdifrrnjih  ; 
and  this  will  be  the  highly-prized  heir-loom  to  your  chil- 
9 


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130 

»»'0""f  tbo   e„gi„^.l-  „f  ^,''"''™''  fr  '•"»  »  <='"».-  place 
»lr«ly  n..|,icvod  it  ^    ™""  "'•'  ^'-e'""-'  ■•   I'e  !.«» 

"•anor  bon. ;"  th.  F.  '  "'^'  *^  "'-'"^  ^^^  "^othe 

""J  ''nrols  his  na.n..  fro'  ,       ,      ""''""'^  ^""^  '"^^  J^^'''  «<>". 

worthioH.     W,  a,j,„i,,.  .  .  "'  7>'  «"  t''e  catalogue  of  her 

P'an8  for  a.hu,ti,w.  his  Kin-  .            '^"'^'^"S^^t   submission  of 

••'''"'•-  ^'-  'nag,tni;ui t'o  "t/'Tf'""'  ''^'"  ^^'^'^^    ^^ 
^ '""PaMy  in  sobn-.i.rr.  "  ^^''"'■'^^^  Governors  of  the 

-•--vthing  <leponl7'  w^'V"  "^"^'"«^  ^'"^ '"  «"  -'-'' 
•"»J   \m  8n.'ri«c,.  of  *,         '   ,""'"''  '"''  "**""'  P^rseveranee, 

«"'•'•--  cf  the  enterpLr'u'   T'"^"**'   ""'^  ''i''''  ^"  ^''^^ 
^"""try  a  po„iti„„  been,..*;  .      ^*''"''  ^'"'"  '"'"  ^'oiu  our 

*-""""«  such  merit. 
^   ^f^y  tbey  all  bo  Hnart.,1  . 

fit"  resul.iuij  ,r,Mn  tL  w    i  "'''  "''^^^^  >'^«"  *''«  ^ene- 

-♦«Nt  HUMh-Hof  a  b..ni.„ant  P  "'"V""^'  ''^^"^  ^">:>'  *''^  '^"^ 

**'^"''-  '■••«P'>nrtr'Cl'  'I''  ;'"^''  «^"tin.ent  of  the  Prcsi- 
•^•""«n«J  the  peopleover    '.        r''"'-"'''^"  worthy  of  him- 


11 


r^ 


MmmHHMI 


Ml 


"  May  tho    Atlantic 

rnvfii,  prov«»  to  be  i  Do' V   .fncriu'tun;  pra.v  ati.i  liiniil 


q>li,  iniilor  tho  l>li  sHJiiir  of 


H 

sl.ip  bolwooii  f'."  kii)  ;.  '  ation8,"aiMlau'in.s:  .,„..it  .Irs- 
lined  l.y  Di'  iiio  Proviac::;. v  to  dirtuso  n-liuion,  ,  ni/utiori, 
librrty  and  law,  tliro(if»t",  :f  tho  world. 

"  In  this  viow,  will  not  fill  nations  i.'  Hiristondom  upon- 
:<in.'oMsly  unite  in  the  doclaratiou  that  it  shall  he  for.'vrr 
neutral,  and  that  its  coninninications  Hliail  he  held  Harreil 
in  passing  to  their  places  of  destination  even  in  the  midst 
othostilities." 


»Wh  : 


Mr.  Everett,  in  aeknowledgment,  replied  as  foil. 

Mr.  Maijnr,  and  Gnillanni  nf  the  Common  Council  of  the  city 
of  Sew   York: 

The  honor  which  you  have  conf.;rred  on  the  Chief  En- 
gineers of  the  Atlantic  Telegraph  Cahle,  is  one  which  ndght 
naturally  he  expect<?d  from  your  generous  enthusiasm  ntid 
Intelliprj-nt  appreciation  of  every  movement  calculated  to 
promote  the  interests  of  the  human  race.  F<jr  myself,  I 
'eel  deeply  the  compliment  you  have  tendered,  and  shall 
Iveep  it  i;;  lasting  rcmend)rance,  us  coming  from  the  Hrst 
^•?*y  of  the  United  States,  the  land  of  my  hirth  and  my 
alTections.  On  behalf  of  my  associates,  I  beg  to  olTer  you 
my  thanks,  and  am  confident  that  I  can  but  ill  pxpress 
their  house  of  your  kindness.  These  tokens  of  your  good 
will  wu  shall  ever  jiroHerve,  not  only  as  souvenirs  of  ti*iifl 
great  event  which  you  ceh.'hrate  to-day,  but  as  constant 
reminders  that  "the  path  of  duty  is  the  path  to  fame." 

Gentlemen,  on  behalf  of  myself  n'ld  my  associates  froro 
the  other  side  of  the  water,  I  relurn  you  our  warmest  ac- 
knowledgments. 


1 

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I ; 


132 

OilltltlliCl  ofthr    \\w      Vint-      ,V       /•  7;         I 

"V,  ll„.  C.MH.no,,  C,,,,,,,.!!  of  ,!,„  d(v  of  N,.,v  York    i„ 
"'" ""^"""'  '"'»  l"'".  "ucccssfully  lai,|. 

vor':::;;;:;.;;;:, ;""-  •'"-.  -  <'  <-  „e wi.„„„t 

"""  .u  l,..l„Z  1,17'""  "'  ">'••     ««--„  had  taught 

•'•"..Ht  ,,..r. I  ,,i,„  ,        '    '^'  "'K™'  "— 1  .■..t-ri-ri,..,, 

"u..ly  „h..r,.h..  ho,  .,'•,'   ""  T""""  '''•'  ""'  "'''""f 

" r.......  r,o„,  „,„'  "";'  '••  '"^  -"I'l  I'l-l^  >t  "P  to 

>•"•  wouh v..  h.„,.„i         '.''  "'"  ""'■     ""'  "••■•'  ^'"'■<>"<- 

lf«t  I.al.,lh,,  « i,h  ,h,.      '    '!""  ""  "'■""'""■  «""••••  "■  *'" 

^    ' "'  ""•  «"lM-»e.l  «i,do„,  of  i„.r  own 


I 


13:J 


cabiin't,  liiul  not  fluni^  li»»r  urivati'  jrwels  intit  tlio  soalo  o( 
tlic  Italian  iMariiu>r. 

What  Isabella  dul  for  ('idunibus,  ami  iiidi'tMl  for  tli<« 
whole  hiiuian  race,  you,  njeiith'iiifii  of  (lie  \i'\v  ^'ork,  New- 
fonu(llan<l  and  London,  and  Atlantic  Tcirirnipli  (^>nij»anit'8, 
liavedono  for  the  projectors  of  i  lie  SnlMnarine  Cable  whieh 
now  tinites  Etirope  and  Anieriea.  Their  Keienee,  t«»o,  wouM 
have  l)een  a  special  pity,  if  yon  li:id  not  stood  np  and  in- 
df»rs«Ml  it  with  your  approval,  your  n'pntation,  and  vour 
fortunes. 

It  is  your  merit  to  have  eidisted  the  Oovornnn'iits  of  the 
Uniti'd  States  and  of  (Jreat  Britain  in  your  iitdde  cause — 
and  we  rej<'"ce  that  they  have  so  niai;naninionsly  <'(»-opcrn- 
ted  with  you  in  the  successful  execution  of  a  \\u\k  not  c(Ui- 
ceived  in  any  narrow  view  of  mere  n.itional  poliey,  but  in- 
tende<l  for  the  benefit  of  the  entire  human  race.  These 
(loverninents  sent,  we  may  say,  the  pride  of  their  navie«< 
to  aid  you  ;  and  from  the  pillant  commander  on  the 
•piarttu-  deck  <lown  to  tin;  hunddest  sailor  before  the  mast, 
they  placed  their  science,  their  autlMuity,  their  jinunpt 
obedience  to  onlers,  and  above  all,  their  fervent  sympathy, 
at  your  disposal.  Thai:'<s  to  them  all  from  the  (*onuuon 
Council  of  the  city  of  New  York,  the  expression  of  which 
we  take  the  liberty  of  "•uesting  you  to  coiumuuicito  as 
you  Hhall  think  proper. 

We  should  no  <'ulfdl  the  jdeasinj?  duty  which  public 
wntiment  imposes  on  us,  if  we  omitted  to  meiiticii  the 
special  liberality  of  tin'  several  Colonial  (Jovcrnmcntd 
through  whoBC  territory,  on  this  Bide  <»f  the  Atlantic,  your 
electric  wire  ii  to  paHS.     The  encouragement  givcrx  by  the 


I    < 


134 


Lcgi  ,1 


of 


at.in-  of  N.-wfoundland 


IS 


praiM.   an.I  of  imitation.     It 


politically  wise  witlial 


particularly  worthy  b„t|, 
was    mai^iianimoiis   and 


M 


'>>'it\  also  hchavcl 


Our  own    Xortli-east 


and  li.'r  sister  States  tli 
pion<I. 


Ill  a  style  of  which  1 


roughout  the  Union, 


•■ni    sister, 
KM-  own  citizens. 


may  well  ho 


An.I 


"ow  gentlen.en  of  the  Now  York,  N  ewfou 
',  and  Atlantic;  Tele.rr.....t.  /- .- 


I-oii.lon,  and  At  I 


ndland  and 


«Hy  of  the  results  of  your  enter 


tic  Telegrai.hCoM.panies,  what  shall 


we 


tl 


'I'i'S  Ives  in  ;ill  time  t 


o  come  ? 


•pnse,  as  they  shall  devel 


'P 


on 


0 


"  tiiis  p;,it  of  the  Nul 


"lodestv   and    (iiir„j 
fut 


ence, 


•j«'<'t  It  becomes  us  to  sj.eak  with 


me  exi.erience  can   al 


It 


involves 


I'lobl 


teniplatinii   h 
icipate  iTiea 


"lie  solve.     Xeverthel 


t 


]»rosj»ective  results  of 


em    which 
ess,  in  con- 


your  labors,  we 


CI 


'  '"'"^''it^  to  the  hmnan  family  at  1 


an< 


a  I 


■ge 


MiMianiiyi.  the  Insis  of  civil 


'•'^'"'  i".l'  -  i«'d  ;r  f,,„n   the  I 


ization.     The  nations  that 


Thev  I 


'"ve  not    adv 


pelled  alter   1 


:»nced.     Otl 


"gii'ning  remain  in  ,tatu  q,w. 


1. 


.pscd 


lavMig  once   re 


KT  nations  that  have 


ex- 


»nay  be  ma  j 
»ianifv  to  all 


'"'"  tl"'ir  primiti 


V  re 


ve 


p.oi. 


W 


peo|,I 

111  it  wil 


es. 


It 


'■••ivt'd  it,  have    invariubl 
f'pi'lity.     The  electric  Cable 
ncer  o!  Chris- 


'"  '"^  ^'^''f"'"  ^CMise,  the  haibi 


iM'ver 


wavM  the  troth  of  revel 


'""oiiiice  or   insinuat 


can  be   the  messengi'r 


tH'H  wh.-rc  the  1 
Jiist.inc..,  iiticr  tin 
his  life. 


'ti<'n,  in  lands  and  amid 


V  in  a  thousand 


'^"^'    inissii.narv   d, 


s.inie,  ex,., 


comniMin- 
iire  not,  ill    the   first 
'I»t  at   ilje  immediate  jieril  of 


if 


who  shall 


nvili/alioii   (nll,,,^,  i„   j,^ 


restd 


venture  to  ij 


fo.d 


•^t«'P>«  of  Christianity 


is  u 


f  Ih 


""i"inicumscribe   the  benef 


ti 


IC  VIC 


^Vork  whirl,    Noi,  1 


icent 


"*««t"di«  of  \u  hist 


'IV  ? 


'••»ve  sustained  tliroui:h  all 


'■»••         ^c': 


•MBMMBWbai^ 


titmmiimamt. 


■^i.lM-gil 


l.3o 

Tlu'  thought  of  Am.  rioa  will  l>UMi«i  itsi^lf  instatitanoously 
with  tlu*  thought  of  Eiiropo,  Asianiul  Africa;  aiitl  Auu-rica 
will  n'Ctive  tjjrirs  in  prompt  return. 

Almiirhty  God,  the  Creator  of  the  TiiiverHe,  made  this 
earth  of  ours  in  the  form  of  a,  sphen-,  uoi  a  plaue.  If  it  had 
been  a  plane,  the  operutiou  of  t<iu,  \v«»rking  through  the 
pussituis  of  nations  and  individuals,  would  have  driven  the 
weak  to  the  exinuiio  hrink  of  humanily  and  hurled  them 
over  the  precipiee,  onee  tor  all.  Hut  our  niereilul  Father 
has  nppointetl  ii  otherwise.  Our  planet  in  wjdieriial.  It 
is  cut  up  on  its  surfac  by  oceans,  seas,  mountains,  rivern — 
it  is  diversified  hy  iatitudis  and  longitudes — it  in  peopled 
by  all  tribes,  t(Migues  and  natiiuis,  and  yet  its  iidiabitants 
have  been  perpetually  struggling  to  overconu;  these  phys- 
ical boundaries,  and  to  hug  eaeh  other  more  uiul  more, 
as  old  acquaintances  of  the  same  original  and  univerHal 
fannly  too  long  estranged  and  separated. 

II  such  are  the  natural  tendencies  of  <'tdighti'ne<i  hu- 
manity, we  have'  still  greater  rejujon,  gentlena'U,  to  con- 
gratulate you  on  the  great  work  which  you  have  ui(h;d 
und  sustained  to  A  triumphant  uccomplishment.  Go  on! 
Vour  Cable  is  extended  under  the  stormiest  ocean  that  is 
found  on  the  surlace  of  our  globe.  You  have  banded  to- 
gether, by  your  Cabh;,  two  ol  the  most  enlightened  nationfl 
that  can  bt;  found  on  the  same  surlact*.  Your  work  In, 
perhaps,  done.  But  you  can  iniiuence  both  the  pn-MMil 
generation  and  posterity  toward  its  extension  tliroiigli  all 
present  space  and  future  time. 

It  is  supposed  that  every  Cabinet  of  human  govermnent 
hus  a  special  department  which  is  not  honest,  b>jt  whicii 
conies  under  the  head  of"  Intriguing  Uiplomucy."     Your 


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yoor  (,alj|e,  wjll,  tl,,.  incBsago  „f ,,  |i,.. 

"f  i".,.r. „i..,    ,    ,     ""I""™'  ''y "-  f-iii-i-. 

<»1  f..r  .l,n„.  "  ''  >■"""■  '•■"••'■l>'i.<.'  I.as  ,,rovi.l. 

1-cuiiar ,,;;;,;,:"'  f,"^';;-  ■«•■"•"-  ^.,101,  a,,  i,,  „„„ 

»'l""tly  ,1,.  ,l,„.,w„.;  .„''.".  ''"•'■  ™'"i»""t»  i,  ,„-e„ol,<.» 

'■""1.  -"1  ha,  .1,. '  :  7""";    f'  -'»  ""  "»  -li'l 

Tlie  .,.,„,„.,„  :„  „    :  I      '"    '"■"•"I  "•as  for  its  covcrit.g. 

'■"-.  »l.i' 1.  \rZ  "";''""•""  "'■  >■"•■>■  «u  the  wat,.r'«  .ur- 
"orld  „f  i„  ^.^■'  ""'"K'h,  aii.l  well-ni,,,!,  do|,rive,l  tl,e 

'">'t  W  tori-id  ,1,1.  ,  "•      .     ■■'  '■•■•"""•  ^"i"  ^  al"iO"t  saffi- 
""•y  w,.rc  ,iicl»l.,|       IT  ,    '  "''"•■'■">'  "f  '<"»l'«r  i"  which 

"'i"i<i"g  mo,,  „,„, ;,,'"; ";".'  ■.' "'"  "ii-'fy  -..gsc-t .» 

Ph<-n.  i„  „  |,ie|,   i„„„.,;  ""''''  "■'"<•  "bovc  the  moral  atrnos- 
''■■"IfN.tive  i„lln,.,„,,.'  '  '"""""""  "•"'•"•i"'^^  'hiir  viol..nt  and 

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tin'  tiaiut'  oi  thi'ir  f»'llo\v-»'iii/,nis,  with  it  full  Itrnrt,  Ims; 
leave  r<>  eonuratiilato  yon,  auaiii  aii«I  auaiii,  on  tlir  KiM'resh- 
tiil  t«Mininati<)ii  of  v«»ur  irhnioiis  nitt'r|uis«'. 

Tit  x^liieh  ^Ir.  Cooper  rej>lie<l,us  folI(»\V8  : 

It  is.  sir,  with  extreme  lu'^itatioii  that  I,  as  Vresiih'tit  of 
the  New  York,  Newf'ouinllaiiil  Jintl  Ix>iiiloii  'I'eh'umph 
Comimny,  venture  to  reply  to  remarks  ho  ehmnently  e.x- 
jiresse*!  ill  honor  ot"  the  siieeef*s  that  has  er«>wiieil  the  uni- 
ted rH'ortH  ot"  tht'  New  V«)rk,  Nowloundhind  and  London, 
and  the  Athuitie  Ttde^raiili  Companies.  That  Hmcess,  sir, 
has  l»een  secured  hy  a  h)n^-t'oiitinned  »"ourHe  ot  persever- 
iiii:  Kihor,  niider  cireumstanci'H  the  nioHt  diseouraging; 
hihuis  that  re(piiied  the  indoinitalde  courage,  thelaiMeeing 
and  i'leetrilying  mind  of  (Jyrus  W.  Field  to  inspire  and 
stimnhite. 

This  work,  now  acroniplishod,  has  caused  ni<>re  hearts 
to  heat  in  joyful  hope  of  a  brighter  and  lutler  day  for  suf- 
fering humanity  throughout  the  world,  than  was  ever  he- 
fore  inspired  l>y  any  previous  triumph  of  mind  over  matter. 
Sueh  a  triuniph  is  calculated  to  elevate  our  race  to  a  per- 
ception of  the  true  dignity  ami  responsihility  (d"  their  iuIh- 
sion,  being  clothed,  as  they  arc,  with  power  to  ke«'p  the 
great  garden  of  the  world  without  and  the  world  within, 
and  thus  to  subdue  and  hold  dominion  over  all  the  earth 
and  every  living  thing.  This  glorious  power  l»e«pieatlied 
to  man  will,  I  trust,  cause  knowledge  to  cover  the  earth, 
as  the  mighty  waters  cover  the  umbilical  cord  that  now 
binds  the  inother  Continent  to  her  child.  Through  this 
vital  cord  a  new  regeuerating  and  invigorating  life  wdl 
How  on  and  ever  from  the  world's  hea.-t,  through  arteries, 
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of  humanity.     Tl,i«  life,  this  p„„„,  ,,.    .        ,  , 

"Ot  fail  (in„|lv  to  l,ri„„  „         •  tl'<'ttl,.,)g,.,  f„„. 

"w»  a..  »j,J,;:*^.;:;-;p)-i«''.y»-it,, ,,,,.., 

»'"  «"''"}■  l>ri„K    i^     n T  ™","'"""-'-..  knowk..,g„ 

"■'-■''  «'"■"  ''"  ...  all  n"„,f  ;'"'«'  °.*  "'"'  g-»'  Joy. 
"■•-•  "-'•will  e„„,..  «LTtl J,  •''''''"'''"  '■"»"■■  ""■" 
"'--•>•  «ill  Wat  tlu-ir  .wo   i       ■         "  ""'•  ""  '"•"■'•■  «>"■<• 

"""io"  «i.l,  «„  ^'i""'  '■"'--'"•i«l"--™ng  l..»v™„f 

Ii<"»  alri.,„lj.  b,.,,,  acco.n„li«l,  r  ,  '^'"™"'"fc"''l  I'.v  wl.at 
«->'.™.gl.a„„„..  '  '  :,'^7''-"S  --  the  ,.|,...„, 
•■M.-»«ion.  „,■  .sy,„,,a,l  ,  I  '  '"^.^""-carrying  uitl,  it 

•l"artcT„r  ,!,,  ,„,,,(  J,'  """'•''">■•''•'"'"•"  than  one 

"•••I,  «„,„„„  a,„|  ^i^ij      .     .      "'"  «"fe.  "ir.  timt  every 
join  me  in  l,..„f,|^.|,  .  '"  S""'"l  of  n,y  v„icc,  will 

tImt  have  lent  ti.ei,  ai"l  ,  '','' •=""«'"«"o.l  Governments 

W1...1I  .,1  .l,e  eon,,„.nie:  ut-lT  ""'  '"'  '  "'"  *»^  "' 
"•I.re«.n,  .l,„t  ,„„„.,.  .i.,,,;^"  P^";-  "-  ''onor  to 
k'cl  fur  all  il„.  ollicers  u  I  .,  ^i^'*-*"*  ^''*''  admiration  wo 
HcTtririunH  and  oncjiu ".,,  ,  T  *^''''''^'''  «"''"'«' a"d  f'^ 
^"^  »»^on  «,eurc.d  to  the  world. 


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of  humanity.     This  lif..  ih- 

«prea.l  over  ,1,.,.  world  ,i,e  1,    )  T      "'  "''="'"  I""''. 

'f"  <""-*il)  CO,,,.  wC  ,;,,.,"'"'"'""'"  ""P"  'b»' 
""■J"  »i"  b'-e  .)„.ir  .w  ,3  ;  J^"","  ™'-  "»  •""-.  M.e„ 
'P<'»|»  i„t«  ,.ru„i„^..,,„ok        '  ,    '^'""S''"'"'"'*  -'.I  tl,dr 

»"l«l"..eo,.tl,e,„',oM",;,,j''""  ','":  ''«"'  "•■  -"« 
"""•i".,  wi,|,  „„  „!,.„       'i  "''  '•'"■■'-'"■'Sl.tc.ing  l™,..,  „f 

7"^™  .I,..  .Iu„„„.,,  :  '      .^^^'^  '•"*'•"■-  I'Owc.,.tl,a,  will 

'■""  ^''--'J  b,...„  „c.o,„  l«r"  ^■"-"■■»K"I  by  wl,„ 
«■••••  'bro„,l,  „,.  „|,„.„,  ,„'  ^"  .''-'""""8  «™t  ,1,0  ..„..rio 
'■"l-'v-Kio,,.  „r  «yn,„at|,  H  ■"'  °'="'"'-'="")i"g  with  i. 
'""-'-•'  l.-Oi,l,.,  a„d'  e^,  ":"■"*  '-"'  'be  very  i,L,  ofa 
";-'"'  i--.  ,«torod    .,*'*'"''  ""=  "•'"■'''  ""-'Slorious 

1""'I"or  ,1,..  g,ea,  ,^    .'   "   '"  '"■'•<"-8ovtr,„ore  thau  o„c 

'■"-'^'■-bea..„,,,;,,::,t^;-;'-a"w„,eteo.,,a,'3 
'■"'">  «w,ia„  „,„,  ^'    ,  .  '  a'»  sure,  eir,  that  every 

J''"'a,ei.,l,.,„„..|tt|,a„u,     ','"   ""'""^  of  "ly   voice,  will 
•bat  l.uv.|.„i  thdraid  ...        ''" '"■""Kbtene.l  Ciovc,„„,c„t, 

«■«  tb,.  .lay  cd,Lra.c      ."'        '  "'  '"  '"^''''•■"•'  "'e  victory 

•"•''""•"  'be  e „a„i..;  „;;,r;":'"'"'""'  -•  ^ »'» -y.  i- 

"•|"'-e.,l.  that  la„,,„a,,„  ,.  ,  ""  '  "'  l""t  have  the  ho„or  to 
•■"•I  f..rall  the  oditrs  ';,,""'•''"■'■*'=  'be  ad,„i,.atio„  we 
•■b-et,i.ia„-a,„l.,  i,„  y'"^^';-  '^'-'Vuted  8ail„„,  a„d  the 
«  gb.ri,.u,  ,„.„,       ,  ■  "J  "hose  u„ited  labor a„d  skill 

""  ■"••••"  ^•-'"■eJ  to  the  world. 


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Wlioii  tho  Jippliiuso,  with  wliicli  yU\  Vm\[ivi's  nsnoiiw 
was  roo»'ivi'(l,  lia«l  dird  away, 

Mr.  David  I^udloy  Field,  tin'  «natt»r  nf  the  oi'iasiMn,  was 
iiitniduft'd  amitl  rrm'W»'d  phmdits,  and  taitl : 

L.VDIKS  AXn  GlCXTLEMKN — WhlMl  M(HS4'  discoviMcd  the 
apniieabilitv  of"  cU'rlricity  to  the;  coininuiiicalioii  «)1"  intel- 
h'M'UCi',  it  minht  ha"o  been  foreseen  that  the  Mmiis  of  the 
ni>|»!i('ati(in  were  to  hr  measured  oidy  by  tlie  |M»wer  ol 
stri'tchinp  the  eleetric  wiro,  and  of  trunsinittinif  through 
it  the  rh'etrie  eurrent.  It  oecnrn'd,  no  doiiht,  to  (htll'rent 
minds  tliat  tlie  telegraph  wouhl  one  day  bt;  eiurird  aerost* 
tiie  ocean  and  around  the  gh)be  ;  and,  t<»r  aught  I  kmtw, 
plans  niav  liave  been  fornjed  tor  doing  the  wcirk.  I  liavt- 
hvi'n  requested  to  give  you  the  history — a  ruiidj-nseil 
epitiuue  it  must  be — of  the  first  sucress — the  tirst  attempt, 
and,  I  might  a<hl,  the  fust  practicable  ]dan  in  the  dcvrlop- 
inent  of  this  grrat  iih'a  of  an  Ocean  Telegraph.  My  con- 
nection \>  .tii  the  undertaking  from  its  ennimencement — 
my  position  ns  counw  I  for  tlmsc  wlio  have  <h»ne  (In;  most 
to  carry  it  through — have  made  it  appear  to  others  fitling 
that  I  should  perform  this  service.  In  its  perfoiniance  I 
trust  that  I  shall  say  nothing  un'oefiting  my  perscmal  rela- 
tions to  any  of  the  actors.  I  am  not  here  to  praise,  but  t<i 
relate. 

Two  years  previous  to  IS-JJ,  thciv  had  been  incorporated 
by  the  Legislature  of  Newiinimlland,  a  (-'oi::i»any  by  the 
name  of  the  Newfoundland  Klectric  Telegraph  ComjiHny, 
the  purpose  of  which  was  to  connect  by  teNgraph  tliat 
island  w  ith  the  main  land  of  America.  A  telcgrapli  acrowt 
the  ocean  was  not  a  part  of  the  scheme.    It  contcm plated 


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•  r::':;i:;;;:';;;-'^;t;''"'r'^r"'"'"'^'''''''-- 

""■»•  I).  ImVI.I   ,„  1„.i,    "        ''••'i""'y'  "I'l'liwl  to  Jfr.  Jf„,. 

'^'^:<lv^.^^^^.,,;;,,,7      -'-^^^^    ., ,„ 

'i'""«:.t-^v,.L "  r.r''-''''^'-  ^'' ' «-."« tho 

••'-'••  M,.  cv.::  tv  F  M  '"■'■""  ""■  ■•"•"""^  '"""-•^■<' 

"•"1  .'o I„.,|  P,.„f..i, '    ,?        ■  ,      «'l'>"er.ji„g  a  Cabl,., 

^,^_.,    .  *'      '•     ^'"•"-  """vers  wore  favoraM,.. 

W.  A™il"l.l',:™';,;' 7'  "g-l  l.Ww..o„  Mr.  rvr,„ 

«-"■' .o,;,'      t":   "'"'  '''™'"'=  ^"'"l-.v.  we 

"'  'I..-  ohartcr  of  ,|„.  f„.,„„  '"'"''"">••  ••""!'«»  ""rn..„I,.r 
"ty.  pay  it.,  ,I..i,t,  „,„,'  .  "'"'"pony,  i,„rcl.a..o  it,  ,,r„,,. 
■•'>'•"  ..•■.•«,a,,l„>  .;„    l"^""".  "'■""-  charter  to  e«ect'a 

wl>o«.  el,am,t,.r  an,l  ,.,.       "'•^P'''-''tion  of  a  few  ,„rsou» 

"■«  ««rk   ..a.l '    ,27?  "■°"'''  "•■  «  8"»™''y  t'-t 

"■•"•  i-viU..!,  „l,.„,  ,,1:""''™  „'"  """'O"'-     Four  ■     .. 

«"«-  Taylo,,  Mar.,1,.  'o  ,r>"  "  ''■"'"-■'-^^'-  Cooper, 
'"•"yiNot  Mr.Cyru,,,.  ■,"',""'"•'""'  Cliaodler  Wliite. 
-•••rr,  ,rou.„l  „  ,.|,|.,     ' ; '7  «»''  ■•■yself  at  )„,  l,„„«., 

'''"'"•"J  f"' four  ...cco^ve  even- 


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inp8,  tbe  practicability  of  the  uudnrtaking  cxniuiiu'il,  its 
advantages,  its  lOst,  ami  th«^  luoaiis  of  its  accuinplisiiiiiont. 
The  result  of  the  conference  was  the  agieenicnt  of  all  the 
six  gentlemen  to  enter  upon  the  undertaking.  Mr.  Cyrus 
W.  Field,  ^fr.  White  and  myself,  were  to  proceed  tti  New- 
foundland to  procure  a  charter  and  such  aid  in  money  and 
privileges  as  the  Government  of  that  iahuid  could  he  in- 
duced to  give.  The  agreement  with  the  Electric  Tele- 
graph Company  and  the  fornud  surrenchT  of  its  charter, 
were  signed  on  the  10th  of  Mjirch,  and  on  the  14th  we 
left  New  York,  accompanied  hy  Mr.  Gishorne.  The  next 
morning  we  took  the  steanier  at  lioston  for  Ilalifrix,  a'.id 
thence,  on  the  night  of  the  ISth,  departed  in  the  little 
steamer  Merlin  for  St.  John's,  Newfoundland. 

Three  more  disagreeable  days  voyagers  scarcely  ever 
passed  than  we  spent  in  that  smallest  of  steamers.  It 
seemed  as  if  all  the  storms  of  winter  had  l>eeu  reserved 
for  the  ilrst  hionth  of  spring.  A  frost-bound  •oast,  an  icy 
sea,  rain,  hail,  snow  and  tempest,  were  the  greeting  of  the 
telegraph  adventurers  in  their  first  movement  towards 
Europe.  In  the  darkest  night,  through  which  no  man 
could  see  the  ship's  length,  with  snow  filling  the  air  and 
flying  into  the  eyes  of  the  sailors,  with  ice  in  the  water, 
and  a  heavy  sea  rolling  and  moaning  about  us,  the  Captain 
felt  his  way  around  Cape  Race,  with  his  lead,  as  the  blind 
man  feels  his  way  witlx  his  Btaff,  but  as  conlidently  and 
as  safely  as  if  the  sky  had  been  clear  and  the  sea  calm, 
and  the  light  of  morning  dawned  upon  d«'ck  and  mast  and 
spar,  coated  witli  glittering  ice  ;  but  floating  securely  be- 
tween the  mountain  gates  of  the  harbor  of  St.  John's. 

In  that  busy  and  hospitable  town  the  first  person  to 


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<■>"■  <^..ncil  to  receive   "1  '""'■     ""  ^""™''^'' 

vi"v.  and  winh,.,     I„  '  f°     ,     "  ""  "M-la-.-tio,,  „f  „,„ 
tl.e  »„,„.or  of  th,:  ro„„       '^      !"■"  ■■''■""•  "'«  ™'.f.rc..ce 

the  interest  of  xr,o  0()n  „f  i      j    ^'""•'"'•''y  "  g.iarantv  of 
"■"'  «..  the  .oinpleti,.,  ';V  I,    r  "  ^""u"  '"  """  ■'»""•  «"=- 

t^'lograpl,.  ''""'■  "'""S  the  line  of  the  h,nd 

Mr.  Cyrus  "W  Pi  1 1  tu 
'--^  tlK.  rKurn\t. .1 .      r"^'"' ""  *''^  25th  of  March. 
^^-v  York,  in  or.lo    t  I'^T   '''  •^«'"''«'  -   ^is  wnv  to 
th-  Con.panv.  whil.  )1  \        "  '^'"'"^''  '«''  ^^^  ^^''vief  of 
'*0'""Jland  to  ohtain  thl      ''!  "''"''"*"'  '"""^'^'"^^  '"  ^'^- 
"i^ntH  with  the  former  p  '''"^^'■•''"•^  ^^'Ty  out  the  arranije 
"^'arly  five  weekH,  drrin    '"  r"''*     '^''**^  ^«nt.nued  there 
and  negotiations    the  rl"^.  '*'^^*^''  "''*">'  discussions 

the  $50,000  of  debt  of  ^l^'un  "'   ''"^'''  ''^'''^''''^^  «"^ 
P»'d.  '"^^  "'d  Company  were  thorc-upon 

The  charter  was  li|,p    i 
that  it  wa«  ..  advisable  f         P''«^''d«'nt.     After  declaring 
conmiunieation  between  ^  *''^.'***^'"''  » 'i"e  of  telegraphic 

^>wfoundland..,e  incon  ot^d  th  ""'  ''""^•''  '^>'  ^^'^^  '' 

I  crated  theassociatoH  for  fiftyyears, 


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•'stablisljcd  porfoct  equality  in  n-sport  to  corporators  ami 
oflicers  botwon  citi/ons  of  tin;  (Jiiitt'«l  States  ami  Hritisli 
suUjeots,  allowed  tlu*  nuM'tiii^s  of  the  8forklioli|«»rs  and 
Directors  to  be  bold  in  New  York,  or  in  Xewfonnt'land,  or 
ill  London,  conceded  tlie  exclusive  right  to  t'stablisli  n 
ttlegiapli  from  tbecontiiK'iit  of  America  to  Xewfonndland, 
an<l  from  Newfoundland  across  the  ocean,  irranted  fifty 
square  miles  of  land  ;  and  further  provided  that  "  so  sr)on 
as  the  said  Company  shall  have  actually  establisln'«l  a  com- 
munication across  the  Atlantic  Ocean,  by  means  of  a  i-ub- 
marine  Cable  or  wire  from  this  island,  the  said  ('ompiiny 
shall  receive  from  the  Government  of  this  island  a  grant 
of  fifty  square  miles  of  untjranted  and  unoccupit'il  wilder- 
ness land,  to  be  selected  by  the  said  Company,  in  addition 
to  the  grants  hereinbefore  mentioned,"  a  provisi«in  subse- 
quently  extended  so  as  to  permit  the  Company  toeHtablish 
the  communication  by  an  auxiliary  or  associate  Company. 

It  were  long  to  tell  how  the  Oovermijcnt  and  people  of 
Newfoundland  nurtured  this  enterprise  in  its  commence- 
ment— \h  w  they  have  stood  by  it,  through  its  various  for- 
tunes, till  its  triumphant  consummation.  That  vast  island, 
projected  into  the  North  Atlantic,  lifting  above  the  sea  its 
cliH's  of  everlasting  and  immovable  rock,  beckoning,  as  it 
were,  to  Europe,  seenis  framed  by  IVovidencc  for  one  of 
the  pillars  of  that  Cable  which  is  to  bind  the  continents 
together.  Its  broad  interior,  baflling  the  explorer,  its  cold 
and  gloomy  morr  ■ises,  its  dark  and  frowning  headlands,  its 
deep  and  tranquil  bays,  ami  harbors  innumerable,  take  not 
such  hold  of  the  imagination  as  its  support  of  that  won- 
drous line  which,  lost  forever  to  human  eyes,  is  to  be  the 
highway  of  thought  betw.'cn  the  Old  World  and  the  New. 

Take  the  map,  and  see  where  the  civilized  portions  of 


'!i  lii 


144 

the  two  liomi.pliores  approncli  ncarn.f  t^       ,      . 
i»land.s  ,t.„,l ,  „,,  fJl     '''  "«;««"»  each  o.her:  ,„„ 

»-».  to  the  hi^hlalof  Valnt^"'  iT"''  T™"^ 

«ay  throuph  uhich  pass  the icebCfro m...  P V     f  " 
»  yar,  a„.l  «„„.«.„„,  for  forty  i^ZoZ  ■  """ 

fii'l'l  ol  ice  „„,ve8  Jo«„  ft-     .,     '     '"6'  "'e^  «  contimmus 

or  throe  ,„i,,.,  ZZ  7\T ;"""' "'  "■•-■  ™*^'  »f  "« 

--  a„,l  „„  ov    ,  :  L  '"  .  "  '';■"-"'■  'I-  -  <-"q"" 
"""  -a,  and  fo,„„l     t  ''"""■' ''""  '""'"'''■J  »" 

Ihroupl,  ,|,„  „,,„  ,,;,.    ^     ""  """  ""'«■•  a"  H'-'  ^'.ow  till. 

-«l-  in  X.w  York    ^^^^^^'"'"^''•"^^    r.joino<l  tlu-ir  as.o- 

-  »-  '-rthn    .   "  ^;  -^-  -ni..g.  the  Oth  of  May.  and 

-  oVIock  o  '  that  X  "u  I?".  T'  '^''  "'•^"'"^^^'«"  ^' 

officvm  choHeu      Mr  I  '^"^"^   subscrihed  and  the 

Roi-rtH  «„.,  m/  ^v^;;'''"'-'  ^'^-  '^"ylor.  Mr.  Field.  Mr. 
^  "op«T  una  choH.*,,  ."'  ';  ""'"■'  *''"  ^™^  ^^'^'^'-^^-  Mr. 
•n'^  Mr.  Taylor  Troa^'.'.^^ ''^^  '^^'^«  ^  ce-President 
^••«t  enterpriHc  who«n     "       .  ^'*"  '"ongnrated  that 

^'^  plan  ;^aa  for  J!  ;:;;^  ^^'^  -  -'^brate  to-day. 

arrangements  made,  and  the 


rtttf   ifi 


«i£M 


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145 


MiiKj 


^ni*'!l 


i.T 

lill    <l 


work  bpj;un.     What  followoil  was  'ilie  oxorution  of  il„. 
great  design. 

From  the  Sth  of  May,  IS')4,  to  tl»e  /iih  of  August,  isr>s, 
there  passed  senreely  four  years  and  three  months  ;  hut 
they  were  as  fruitful  of  anxiety  and  toil  as  of  successtMl 
results.  Tho  land  line  across  the  island  of  Nrwfoundland 
— upwards  of  four  hundred  miles — viis  first  to  he  nmd;\ 
Thiti  was  a  work  of  incredihle  lahor.  The  Vounlry  wan 
for  the  most  part  a  wilderness  of  rock  ami  morass,  "  a  goo«l 
and  traversable  bridle  road  eight  feet  wide,"  with  bridges 
of  the  same  width,  had  to  be  made  the  whole  distance  ; 
materials  and  provisions  had  to  be  transported  first  from 
St.  John's  to  the  heads  of  the  diflennt  bays  on  the  south- 
ern coast,  and  afterwards  chiefly  on  nien's  backs  to  the  linu 
of  road.  The  first  year  Mr.  White,  as  Vice-Presidint,  di- 
rected in  person  the  operations ;  the  second  and  third  year 
superintendents  were  sent  down.  In  addition  to  the  land 
line  in  Newfoundland  another  of  one  hundr<>d  and  forty 
mill's  in  Cape  P.reton  was  constructed,  and  contr-'icts  mode 
with  companies  in  Nova  Scotia,  New  Brunswick,  Maine, 
New  Hampshire,  Massachusetts,  Coimecticut  arid  New 
York,  to  connect  their  lines  with  the  Newfoundland  lino. 
Then  there  was  the  submarine  line  between  Newfoundland 
and  Cape  Breton,  eighty-five  miles  in  length,  and  another 
thirteen  miles  long,  across  Northiunberland  Straits,  to  Prince 
Edward  Island.  To  procure  tln-si!  Mr.  Cyrus  W.  Field 
visited  England  twice— once  in  December,  I  S'34,  and  again 
in  January,  1856.  The  first  attempt  to  lay  the  submarine 
line  across  the  Gulf  of  St.  Lawrence  was  made  in  1856, 
and  was  unsuccessful.  A  second  attempt,  made  the  next 
year,  succeeded.     Thus  was  completed  the  chain  of  telo- 


146 

laml,  and  tl,e  projectors  now  »to,.,]  upon  the  »l.ore  of  the 
Atlantic  in  their  progress  eastward. 

The  whole  expense  thus  far,  with  very  triniiige.xeeption., 
had  fallen  upon  them_Mr.  Cyras  W.  Field  havini;  „,„de 
he  argeet  contributions-amounting  to  more  than  two 
hundred  thousand  dollars  in  money-and  Mr.  Cooper,  Mr. 
Taylor,  and  Mr.  Roberts,  each  a  little  less.  No  other  con- 
tnbutors  beyond  the  six  original  subscribers,  had  eonie  i„ 
except  1  rofessor  Morse,  Mr.  liobert  W.  Lowber,  Mr.  Wil- 
wn  G^Hunt  and  Mr.  John  W.  Brett.     The  list  of  Directon. 

th»,"S"»  '"'""'""  •"  ""'  ''"y  "'  "  *■"  "t  f---^*.  except 
WK  ,  '  .  ?'•  ""  "''"""'^'  ''»"  '"''«"  the  place  of  Mr. 
White,  who  died  in.lS.',G,  and  tliatMr.  Field  is  Vice-Presi- 
dent  and  Mr.  Lowber  .Secretary.  I„  all  the  operations  of 
the  Company  thus  far.  the  varioui,  negotiations,  the  plan 
of  the  work,  the  oversight  „f  its  execution,  and  the  corre- 
.ponJence  with  the  officers  and  others  mainly  devolved 
upon  Mr.  Cyrus  W.  Field. 

The  gr,.atest  and  most  difficult  part  of  the  original  design 

.tm  reinamed  to  be  e,ecut..d,  and  that  was  the  submarine 

Uioul^TT    ?■"""''  *"  '''•'»"''•    The  distance  was  one 

.rr„,  "r       ''""'  ""''  ""y  '•'"»"'  ■""«»  '  the  sea  was 

Cdred  '    ."""rf'"  '  "'' '''''•™""«  ""'' "f ■"-«  than  thn-e 

^The  ti      ■'         """  '^™  »"••'"'"'•''•     I"  anticipation 

vst Mk  '7.'" -'"•<"'«•".  Mr.  Field,  on  hfs  first 

Ci.h  hi!   *J';^    '"   "•''*•  "•"''  "»'""'  ■■■anufacturers  to 

."ucZ  1  „,    *■'""""  "'"»'»«'•  ""•'  '■<■  '-Jcn.e„.d 
!       tntd  an  onler  from  our  Government,  under 


147 

which  Lieutenant  Rerrymnu  niado  8oun<ling!*  of  the  At- 
lantic, between  Newfoumllaiul   and  In«lan<l.     Liruteiiuiit 
Hcrrynian  snileJ  on  that  scrvic*'  on  Iho  ISth  of  .Inly,  »n«l 
the  next  day  Mr.  FieM  saih'd  for  Ku^hind,  having  received 
the  fonnal  authority  of  the  C(Mni.aiiy  to  make  arrange- 
ments in  England  for  the  Hnbmarine  line,  either  hy  a  unl)- 
scription  to  this  Company  or  hy  organizing  a  lu-w  Com- 
pany as  auxiliary  or  associated  with  tliis.     In  England  he 
had  invited  the  co-operation  of  Mr.  Hrett,  a  g.M.th'man  of 
great  experience,  who,  in  ISol,  formed  a  Conipany  which 
ha.l  laid  the  first  sul>niariiu»  cable  from  England  to  France. 
He  afterwards  brought  in  Mr.  Edward  O.  W.  Whiteh<.nRe, 
..lectrician.   and    ilr.    Charles  T.    Hright,  n.gineer-bolh 
gentlemen,  of  high  scientific  attainments.     Thes.-  four  gen- 
tlemen on   the  20th   of  September,   185f.,  iM.t.-red  into  a 
fornuil  agreement  to  use  their  exertions  for  li.e  formatu.n 
of  a  new  Company,  to  be  called  the  Atlantic  Telegraph 
Company,  the  object  of  which  should  be  -  to  continue  the 
existing 'line  of  the  New  York,  Newfoundland  and  London 
Telegraph  Company  to  Ireland,  by  making,  or  ca.iHU.g  to 
be  made,  a  submarine;  Telegraph  Cable  for  the  Atlantic." 
This  done,  Mr.  Field  issued,  on  the  1st  of  November.  1800, 
a  circular  sigL«d  by  him,  as  Vicn-rresideLt  of  the  New 
York,  Newfoundland  and  London  Telegrai.h   Company, 
from  which  I   cannot  forbear  makit.g  the  followu.g  ex- 
tracts : 

"  In  April,  1854,  a  Company  was  incorporate.!  by  actot 
tin;  Colonial  L.'gislature  of  Newfotindland,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  establishing  a  line  of  telegraphic  eonnnumcation 
between  America  and  Europe.  That  (lovernn.ent  evmced 
the  wannest  interest  in  the  underti;king,  and  n.  order  to 


I     I 


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148 

mark  substantially  thdr  sense  of  its  importance  and  their 
desire  to  give  to  it  all  the  aid  and  encouragement  in  their 
power,  they  conferred  upon  it.  in  addition  to  in.portant 
pnvdeg..8  of  grants  of  land  an.l  subsidy,  the  sole  and  exriu- 
sivc  nght  of  landing  a  telegraphic  line,  on  the  shores  within 
their  jurisdiction,  comprising,  in  addition  to  those  of  New- 
foundland, the  whole  Atlantic  coast  of  Labrador,  from  the 
entrance  of  Hudson  Straits  to  the  Straits  of  Belle  Isle. 

"This  act  of  the  Colonial  Legislature  was  8ul>3equently 
ratified  and  confirmed  by  her  Majesty's  Government  at 
home.  The  Company  also  obtained  in  May,  ISOt,  an  ex- 
clusive charter  from  the  Government  of  Prince  Edward 
Island,  and  afterwards  from  the  State  of  Maine,  an<l  a 
charter  for  telegraphic  operations  in  Canada. 

"The  crjclusive  rights  absolutely  necessary  for  the  encour- 
agement of  an  undertaking  of  this  nature,  having  thus 
been  secured  along  the  only  seaboard  eligible  for  the  west- 
ern terminus  of  an  European  and  American  Cable,  the 
Company  m  the  first  instance  commenced  operations  by 
procee^hng  to  connect  St.  John's,  Newfoundland,  with  the 
widely  ramified  telegraph  system  of  the  British  North 
American  provinces  and  the  United  States. 

"This  has  been  recently  completed  by  the  submersion  of 
two  Cables  m  connection  with  their  land  lines;  one. 
e.gh  y-five  miles  in  length,  under  the  waters  of  the  Gulf 

aL '*  ^,7'""!,"'  ^--""^  Cape  Ray  Cove.  Newfoundland,  to 
Ashp^H,  Bay.  Cape  Breton  ;  the  other,  of  thirteen  miles 

F  rj  r;   ?''"  "'  Northumberland,  connecting  Prince 
Mward  Island  with  New  Brunswick.     Electric  communi- 

thl' R  V  .  ."  *^*"^>''''-^  ^•'•eet  from  Newfoundland  to  all 
the  Bntish  American  colonies  and  the  United  States.    On 


,rM 


ill 


149 


the  Irish  side  linos  of  telegraph  have  been  for  some  tiine 
ill  onerution  throughout  tlie  coniitry,  and  are  »oiimTt»'d 
with  England  and   the  Continent  by  Bubinarim'  eabU'8. 
The  only  remaining  link  in  this  electric  ehaiii  r«':iuin'd  to 
connect  the  two  heniisphercs,  by  teU'graph,  i»  the  Athmtic 
Cable.     The  New  York,  Newfoundhmd  and  London  Tele- 
graph Company  being  desirous  that  this  great  undrrtaking 
should  be  established  on  a  broad  and  national  busin,  uniting 
the  interests  of  the  telegraph  world  on   both   hhU's  of  tlm 
Atlantic",  have  entered   into  allianee  with   perHons  of  im- 
portance afid  influence  in  the  telegraphic  alliiirs  of  Great 
Britain  ;  and,  ni  order  at  the  same  time  to  obtain  the  full- 
est possible  information  before  entering  upon  the  crowning 
etlbrt  of  their  labors,  they  have  endeavored  to  coiicentrnte 
upon  the  various  departments  of  the  undertaking  the  ener- 
gies of  men  of  the  highest  acknowledgeu  standiny  in  their 
profesRion,  and  of  others  eminently  fitted  lor   the  work, 
who  were  known  to  have  devoted  much  tinn;  and  attention 
to  the  subject." 

After  detailing  the  results  of  the  investigatlcMiH,  the  cir- 
cular proceeded : 

'♦  All  the  points  having  a  direct  practical  bearing  on  any 
part  of  the  undertaking  have  thus  been  subjected  to  a  close 
and  rigid  scrutiny,  the  result  of  this  examination  proving 
to  be  in  every  respect  of  the  most  favorable  character.    It 
remained  only  that  those  possessing  the  required  power 
r5hould  take  the  initiative.    The  New  York,  Newfoundland 
and  London  Telegraph  Company,  possessing,  in  virtue  of 
their  charter,  all  the  necessary  powere,  deputed  their  Vice- 
President  to  visit  England  in  the  summer  of  the  present 
year,  and  they  gave  him  full  authority  to  make,  on  their 


tm^ 


>;-^^ 


I 


*.  ".^ 


■Hfj. 


^"' -   riTafii 


150 


1 


h(^ 


behalf,  such  arrangoiiHMits  as  should  «ofi,n  to  him  host  f 
to  carry  forward  fho  groat  work.      The  outline  of  th« 

nmtion  of  the  Atlantic  Telegraph  Company,  whiclj  wi 

found  in  the  appendix,  will  sufficiently  exjdain  the  nntun 
of  these  arrangementH." 

Without  waiting  for  the  foruiation  of  the  new  Company, 
Mr.  Field,  on  behalf  of  the  Newfoundland  Company,  made 
application  to  tin-  liriti^h  Government  for  its  aid  in  ships 
and  money,  and  received  on  the  20th  of  November  a  lett«'r 
from  the  Treasury,  which  I  am  tempted   to  read,  j.romis- 
ing  ships  to  assist  in  laying  the  (!abie,  and  a  fixed  yearly 
sum  in  paynient  for  Government  messages.     He  also  per- 
sonally solicited  bankers  and  merclumts  in  London  for  sub- 
scriptions, and,  with  Mr.  lirett,  visited  Liverpool  and  Man- 
chester   to    address    public    meetings.       He   subscribed 
4:100,000  towards  the  capital  of  ^-.350,000,  and  Mr.  Rrett 
followc<l  with  a  subscription  of  ^25,000.     A  day  or  two 
after  the  Treasury  letter  was   received,  the  subscriptions 
were  clowvl,  when  it  was  found  that  the  applications  for 
stock  exceeded  the  capital  by  about  ^30,000,  so  that  on 
the  final  allotment  Mr.  Field  had  eighty-eight  shares,  of 
a;i,000  each,  and  Mr.  Brett  twelve.     To  show  the  feeling 
which  had  been  excited  in  England,  it  is  worth  mentioning 
that  many  persons  subscribed  for  shares,  not  for  profit,  but 
that  they  nught  have  a  part  in  the  undertaking,  aiid  among 
others  Mr.  Thackeray  and  Lady  Byron. 

Too  much  praise  cannot  be  awarded  to  the  English 
eoverametit  and  people  for  the  zeal  with  which  they  came 
loruard  in  answer  to  the  call  made  upon  them.  Money 
was  obUmed  from  individuals  as  freely  as  it  was  wanted,  and 
tfc«  Oovernment  outran  the  i»eople. 


f  I"  JIB*  ■■»*'¥' 


151 


Kottirning  ilicn  to 


Aniorloji,  Mr.  Fi.'li'   -i'li  liisAim..- 

lIlHMlt   <»t'  tllf 


f«'S,  miulo  npplicatioii  t<»  th«'  Co-  <• 


can  assoi'in  ,     ,^     ,•  . 

United  States  tor  ai(i  similar  to  tliat  given  l»y  tlie  himlish 
(jovennnont,  and  ho  als»»  appliiMl  to  individuals  for  a  par- 
ticipation with  him  in  the  stock  he  ha.l  taken.  Coi.gress 
voted  the  aid  requested,  after  a  vehenient  opposition, 
against  which  tiie  measure  was  carried  in  the  S-nate  hy  a 
majority  of  one.  Of  the  stock  twenty  s<'ven  shares  were 
taken  in  the  United  States. 

All  things  heing  now  ready,  tlie  first  attempt  to  hiy  the 
Cahie  was  made,  as  yon  all  know,  in  A.»g'«st,  1  ^-.7.     There 
liad  heen  assemhled  in  the  harhor  of  Valentia  three  slnps 
of  the  English  and  two  of  the  American  navy.     There  was 
the  Auamemnon,  recent  from  the  tires  of  the  Urinnan  war; 
she  liid  borne   the  flag  of  the  Knglish   Adn.iral  over  the 
waters  of  the  Euxine ;  she  had   now  laid  her  annan.ent 
aside,  and  taken  the  burden  of  half  tba.  coil,  for  the  laying 
of  which  she  will  be  hereafter  more  famous  than  if  she  had 
forced  the  harbor  of  Sebpslopol.     There  was  the  Nu.uara, 
the  largest  ship  of  our  navy,  made  for  the  heaviest  cannon 
of  naval  warfare,  her  armor  --ver  yet  put  on,  but  laden 
instead  with  tie  An.erican  half  of  tin-  pnnous  burden. 
There  were  the  two  attending  shipK.  the  Leopard  and  the 
Sus<p,ehanna,  and  the  Cyclops,  surveying  ship,  just  re- 
turned  fn.m   the    verification  of   Lieutenant    n.-rryman  - 
soundings.     The  Lord-Lientenant  of  Ireland  had  come  to 
wish  them  "(lod  speed"  in  the  name  of  his  suvemgn  and 
her  people      Everything  promised  success  and  ^^^^' ^^ 
ships  moved  out  of  the  harbor,  the  highlau  «  o       a  en 
«hone  brightly  in  the  morning  sun  ;  while  helm.d    hem  the 
grand  old  .nountains  about  Killarney  towermg  above  th 
lakes-those  miracles  of  beauty-appeared  to  Huule  and 


^1! 


mu 


•;>^-  i 


f'il'uwyiN  m     liifPfiiU" 


152 

kockon  tl,c  ,l,i,.s  u-atward,  for,  to  the  excited  ima^inati,,,, 
■t  seemed  a,  ,f  .he  i„a„i,„a,e  n,a.ss  were  ecseio,:  "  ,      ' 
Sreat  act  ahout  to  be  ..ertonned,  a„d  looked      ri.^t 
war,    ,,e«e«t,  which  it  had   faced  i„  silence 'si        .t 

:::  r '''•^'°  «•■■-•■ '^ ---„  to  .pe:;:,r, 


Th.' 


e-xptMlition  thus  prosperously 


hound  to  su«Jden  d 


out,  the  Cihh 

EnghuuJ.     The  undertaking  h 

year,  Mr.  Field  returned  to^Au^ 


)ogun  was,  liowever, 
«Hppo.ntn,ent ;  for,  on  the  fourth  day 


parted,  and  tl,e  ships  made  tl 


UMr  way  to 


ei 


ng  thus  suspended  for  tl 


ic 


enca. 


II 


e  \vi 


soon,  how- 
treuerd  n„u  .„  ,  '  ""™  """'"'•  »l'l'oi"t'.'<i  the 

«u:::i  r  r':7,rr'";'  "•'"'  "^•"'"''"'"  «""■ 

nrrson  i.  ».  ',' ^'>  '^ '"^^^''^''^''t  resolution,  every 

•"Xh;::':;::'''"^"'™'°''''«co»pa,,.  was  placed 

b.2"i,r,7""   '':""  :''"■'    ™^''    P"-™   >'»-'  hitherto 

"r.i::::i;;r;::s'^r-">-'»-"-^ 

panv   in  th..ir  .       *'"S'"-"-     ll'cDirectorsof  thcCom- 
ivL  ;t      ,"'■""."'  "'"  »'-l^>"„ders  on  the  .8th  of 
-•"".arj  la.t,  thus  «tate  the  share  of  o„e  of  them  : 

•-cen  displayed  on  h  1 1,'    ,    '"'   "'"'  '"''^y  "'"*  ''»" 

'"""■^onavingpraeticli;  I    """","■»"''>    '■"'""S"  ">« 

»f  bavini!  brouth.  ,       .u     ''"'M>'-<i  the  possibility,  and 

"k  brought  together  the  n.aterial  n>ean,  for  carry- 


f!l 


r 


1  ^''ji^u 

*  ■  vl 


«Mi 


«^MI»»=*< 


ir.3 

injr  out  th(>  great  u\oQ.  of  ctMinrctiiig  Kun.p.'  uiul  A.ni'iion 
hv  ii  submarine  telegraph." 

.'  He  lias  erosse.1  the  Athu'^=  •  Oeean  no  less  than  six  times 
,i„ee  DeceiMher,  ISjC.for  the  soU»  purpose  ..f  ren.h.rinn 
„,ost  valuahU"  aid  to  this  un.lertakinir.     lie  han  al.o  vH.tr.l 
the  British  North  American  colonies  on  sev.-ral  .ueas.o.H. 
ana  obtain.Ml  concessions  and  advantages  that   are  highly 
anureeiated  bv  the  Directt)r8,  and  he  has  snecesHlully  sup- 
portedthecn-ortsof  the  Directors  in  obtai.un;,'  an  an.o.al 
L.bsidv  for  twenty-five  years  from  the  (5ove.nm.-ut  ot  (he 
n.ited  Statrs  of  Am.rica,  the  grant  of  the  us.  ol  their 
national  ships  in  assisting  to  lay  the  Table  in    •-•^>7.  and 
also  to  assist  in  the  same  service  this  yoar-and  his  eons  ant 
,„.!  assiduous  attention  to  everything  that  could  contn  mte 
to   the  welfare  of  the  Company,  from  its  hrst    formation 
have  materially  contributed  to  promote  ma.iy  ot   iis  moHt 
necessary  and  important  arrangements.     He  is  now  again 
in  England,  his  energy  and  confidence  in  the  under. akmg 
...tirelv  unabated;  and  at  the  earnest  re.p.est  <^^-}^^ 
h.  has  consented  to  remain  in  that  country  lor  the  p  r^m^e 
of  afTording  to  the  Directors  the  beneHt  ot  Ins  great  expcn 
ence  and  jmlgment.  as  general  manager  of  the  bu.ness  of 
the  Company  connected  with  the  next  expedition. 

..This  arrangement  wiU  doubtless  prove  as  ^dea^^^^^^^^^ 
the  shareholders  as  it  is  agreeable  and  satinfactorj  to  th. 
Directors." 

Ev„y..,-.„«  .u.i„g  n"-,.a<.y  fu.  t,,...,.co.,..  tri,..  which 
it  wax  ,l,.t..rM,ine,l  to  hcgin-not  at  th  •  «l.o.., 

.,ce.„-tl ,na.lr«n  departcl  fron,  •''y'""""^ ""    ';J  , 

of  June.    It  oon.isted  of  th.  Aga.ncmnon  .n.l  MaB^a, 


I 
'  'i| 


'Jj«r^*. 


mumm' 


I''' 
III 


I,'  I 

it! 


I 


i'Ti'n 


It  ! 


154 

"-  X'llow  ,;.v..,'  ;.    ;,, '  'I"""" "■'»  l-i»S  kept  a4  b 

"t  .1-  Aga,„e„„.:  ':  ;^  ';;•■  J"^,;-;-'  <;»r'ain  Treed, 
1"ar.cr.<I„ck  ,  a,"l  C  -1  ,  ™"""™J'^^»  -  -r  trod  „„ 
»l""t  an,!  l,„„„r  „(•  t|,„  ,.■„„,:""'   '^"y  '■'-•"'■osented  ,he 

"a-"  Mr.  J.;v,.,c.tt    N,  17  *■'''="•"""'  !     I  "eo.l  only 

r.1  •  ^'^'itir,  to  whose  cen  ii<j  fl.o  .      •  ^ 

«'""-Owa,  due;  J,,.  Bright    WW     .r^"'^""'"  ™'- 
•""g  and  IV„f..,8,„.  w  Tl,  Woodhouso,  Mr.  Can- 

«•-  i.™vi,i..d  „,,ici, »;,.  ™".'r; '"  "'"""'•■"  '-""^•""»''" 

"'«"  "•-  Wlod  „.,  a"  X '  'o™y-  "■■'•  »  ">""  freight 
"iwtrtss  u(  ,!,„  ,„jj^,_^     '■"'""  °>  Spain   when  Spain  wa. 

'''>  the  open  fjpii  *i.      r 
t- cy  had  h!...n  led  .':':::??'  "'r^"''"  -""-er  which 
W"o  »alut,.d  then,  on  thl  "    ""'  """"'•     ^  hurri- 

gain^'J.  however,  on  t  IT^"?''  '"  ""''■""=''»■'•  '■'"'^ 
•Plieed  the  Cable  and  .f.      ■  ""•  "■"  P"'"*'  *««<). 

''■Wc  parted  after  „b„l  «  '"  "'''"''"'=  '''"''*''"'•  T'"' 
Thoyreturnedand,^  »  .1""''"'  '""^  '"•'"  Pa^  «•"• 
'•.d  ,b.rte,l  again      A  ^    "  "P"*^"  »"  *''«  "a-"  % 

about  «=venty  n.ile,'?"  """  ""'  ^'""«  Parted,  and 
"•«y  returne,!  „„j  ..l^r  J"'    »«'•     Nothing  daunted, 

'""'ltwohu„dr.,lond.ix„  •,  ''•""*•  All  went  well 
««.  »l.cn  another  break!  ""'"''"'"« ''aJ  been  laid  in  he 

">  lb.  preconcerted  arranlt,!"'!  '  '"'"  "'"'">«'  "«<"•'""« 

■!=^mo,n,  returned  to  Qucenstown. 


155 


Anxiot.sly  ha.l  they  been  oxi»o.t«Ml  nt  Valontia  ;  from 


\v 


hose  hcaaiumls  oyos  won 


itraiiu'd  fvtrv  tlav  tr  .  atoh  the 


f  tlic  rotiirning  AjjaimMiinoii,  rismji 


ir  o 


ut   »»f 


it  on  ^ood  atithority  that  \\\ 


first  glinip'^t'  o 
the  western  horizon.     I  l»av 

Oueen  was  waiting  for  the  Hignal  to  go  hors.lt  an.l  n.e.ve 
tl.e  Cable.  WouKl  itnothave  been  an  adn.irahh'  s.gbt  to  see 
th'it  i'lustriouR  lady,  the  foremost  woman  of  all  the  world, 
sovereign  of  so  many  lands  the  heir  of  the  king.  <.  |.ur 
forefathers,  receiving  from  her  gallant  seamen  that  hnc 
which  was  to  repa.r  with  material  better  than  alleg.anee 
the  broken  chain  which  once  bonnd  together  the  Anglo- 
Saxon-Celtic  races,  in  every  quarter  of  the  globe  1 

The  ships  being  returned,  th.  Directors  were  summoned 
to  meet  in  London.     This  was  tb.  time  to  try  the  fom- 
tudc,  of  n.en.     It  was  the  agony  of  the  enterpr.se.     If 
had  been  aban«    .ed  then,  who  can  tell  when  .t  would 
have  been  resumed?     The  meeting  of  the  Directors  took 
See  on  the  i4th  of  July,  and  then  the  fate  of  the  u^^^^^^ 
faking  was  decided.     There  were  sixteen  actn.g  D  rectors  , 
,;    hese,  six  were  absent ;  another,  the  V.ce.Cha.rman, 
1  so  dissatisfied  with  the  proposal  to  ^^^^J^^^^^ 
that  he  left  the  room.     The  rema^nrng  a'.3.  "^ft^;;";;;^ 
est  debate,  resolved,  unanimously,  to   repeat  the  effort, 
i'rom  that  moment  the  tide  turned. 

Perhaps  «>n.eof  the«  couragcou,  "-';-;!,*;;;' ^JlJ 
.Mrd  at^,„pt  would  prove  "<"--;,»  ^^'^^ 
K^cond,  but  they  thought  that  it  OLgl  t, 
.  to  be  n,.de  ;  perhap,  there  were  ««-"»'■»  "^^r,! 
.ueccaa  which  followed.  But  could  «>>«  >•  ^ '■;^;,  ;„,, 
lifted  from  six  week,  of  the  future,  how  »ou  d  Ih  J  ha 
been  n..ved  by  that  which  we  have  w.tuc«ed-thc  .well 


1 


\'A 


:n<r  '•mi  con.  '.rt**  ar'.»«i  r'u*«L  -r.r  pao.iit  >-  -.  •  r.x«.  v-  .'n 
wi»*n   T.rr   :r.»'  ^.ut  oc**»r  ;.i..i.  .v.r-M..ijr«-i»  -s.j  ...f  -u^  -..  i,- 

3ia7  li-itiiu,  at  j:,  -.h«  i«:t  ia*  (.-:>'  .rr^-z.''^  tt.'..  ^tat:,'-  -'.»-::•.. 
Wjilg  :or:7-fi-7-r  Lxj*  ^r^r  -hat  i:.*»*:t.:.z  •>:  'xr  D..--..-  n. 

•M  •.faiiir.--»nary  po-.*:;-,  ^i  rif»;aji.r.£  -^ro'.ih.  if-Tpr*:  ;»::.;»:i« 
ot  iOfr*.  Aiul  n.a*>  p«-H«r»r  x;-r.  Li.z.d:.':  nA  Friz-o. ':r.»r::- 

L-iT'/p^-an  c-.i.r.;f»?,  ?>.:.  ii>,7r  -i*..  -o  :h»:  Chr.ar..^:,  r*:„r;«.'C. 
T'.i»^  /'..^l  rr-c<  xiw  .r..^r..ir.-.T  ii:...-xn  in  :h-  W'r^Tj-.rc: 
H-'nu.n.'.-rr.  Tl.»-  .:v.  »j:i-.i::«;r.  .-  uiSni  -RLttr.  ;:  rnr*  :o 
purture  rr.^  ^onrr.ry  wLi«:h  ti-»i  £r.ri»i.at'»r  n.aCr.  \VL«-r.  .: 
.•-tt  Li;r.ii«,c  ^vrn.cff  ha^l  A.ft:a»Jv  I  i.rr.r  ;  h  Ml  \z  oVrrt«i.A 
anii  p.u»-.-ii  -hr  «r.a4lo-v  •>!  Uifr  »-i»rTii.  a.'*  ii  rr.  it  wn-^  r-ut  a 
•rrwpi.'.if  iD.i;:,  ihi*<:irti  i-n-ik^iiir  «ia;iy  :Le  *.  -o:,.t  .,r  the 
iio»>- ;  ;:  .uir»:ii  :i.ro«igh  :hr  ffT»rrn  vailtrvs  or  Lxiitiiii.«i.over 
??«!ociQ  ffiritiniwiir.*,  .i.>*n  b^utatb  th«i  chaxir.el  :•>  rhe  In:.r. 
ooaHt,  tht-nr.-  rhrrxigh  l'i.<rt  aL«i  CuLr.aiigh:  anu  3IuLsttr 
to  Thr  «h.yr»fi»  of  thr  Atlantic.  Hrn?  it  .iivtd  beneath  the 
•icran,  dftpfT  ;b*n  the  vaiiev  ot  Cba mourn  stan.ii  fcK:low 
th«  snnjriiU  of  Mouat  BUac^  pajwin^  uod^r  great  jhipn  of 
coain-itrrctf  and  ol  war,  and  in  an  instant  aroee  a:  the  ciiiis  of 
NVwloundiand  ;  then,  quicker  than  thought,  it  paaa«:ti  over 
the  moraiiw  and  mountain.*  to  the  liuU  of  ^t.  Lawrence, 
then  on  through  il,e  Guif,  through  Nova  S:otia,  New 
Brunswick  and  iJie  ta*teru  iftate^.  to  our  ow  a  door». 

But  Itt  us  r»-inruiroin  :his  di^Tis^ion  to  the  !a*t  expetii- 
tioh.  On  the  1 7th  oi  July  the  squadron  deiKined  from 
QutTuslown   for   the  third  time.     As  they  |>aaseU  Cape 


M  cm 


1S7 


;„,„ the.  W.st..rn  Ocean. ,lu.ypaHo,l,o,nra"y 


Cloar, 

such  is  the  accu 


there  was  no  earthly  mop  or  mu. 


bv  the  compass  ami 


h\it 
ation,  that  tho«»i:h 

ktoguuh'them,yet.st«M'r- 

the  coh-stiai  sijitmls,  ot.e  after  the 


•acy  of  modern  naviii 


iitcd  renilezvous  u 


1  '.I 


id-ocean. 


ing    . 

other,  all  arrived  at  the  appoi 

On  the   -Oth   of  July  the  two  great  ships  took  their 

to  ri-inovft  a  ilel.'ct  in  ti.e  com,  exi>Ti.-ii.o 

„,,•„.,  an  operation  th..  "-''':'""".  It  ,.n-ata..lo  .ca 
,, ;,„  two  fornn.  t,iaU    a    -  ,ow„  t  ,.U      ^       ^__^_^  ^,^^ 

..in  neithor  give  '»;^_;  '"        '^S,,..,,  .atei.e,,  ovc, 

,n,.i.ly  to  «■""•     "''    "  *':"   u»t.l,ocame.aMytolanJ. 
tl,e8l,ip,«ndontl.e5thofAugu»t.n 

Let  n,  now  retnn,  to  cu  own  Niagara  and  ....  f.aMa_ 

attendant.     TI.e  «-«''"' .^.^aH^a:  lei  the  way 
thongh  bat  a  boat  by  '"^  -   ^^  ''^:^'"^„''„  .ff„..^.d  by  tbe 
becanac  the  c„,npa«»e»  o    th    b^  ^  ,.  ^_,      „,,„ 

cable,  and  tbc  great  »''.'l'  f"'"""^^  ,„,„,.f„l  tba.i 

-  ™r'"'  ■"Tii::;;ltat  --^".""'-r'-y-''''' 

Captain  Uayn.an.    H    ^^"  „„j  „,.,a,er  .ro.c. 

night  i  a«  one  heavenly  body  wcnv 


mmm^m 


I 


158 

his  instruments  were  turned  to  the  rising  liiminar>',  and  he 
never  swerved  from  the  sliortest  line  along  the  great  arc  of 
the  circle  to  the  head  of  Trinity  Bay.    Tiie  Niagara  steered 
by  the  Gorgon.     Her  machinery  worked  with  the  uttnost 
regularity,  never  stopping  fur  an   instant,  and  her  officers 
and  men  were  as  exact  as  iier  machinery.     Silence,  as  far 
as  possible,  was  enforced,  and  such  light  was  kept  that  at 
night  she  appeared  to  the  Gorgon  to  be  illuminated.   Who 
can  tell  what  anxious  suspense  there  was  in  that  ship  as 
each  hour,  each  day  passed  on,  increasing  the  chances  of 
success,  strengthening  the  hopeful,  restoring  the  despond- 
ent—what sleepless  eyes,  what  beating  hearts  were  tliere ! 
As  the  great  ships  went  forward,  fn.m  the  moment  when 
they  disappeared  from  each  other  below  the  horizon,  mes- 
sages were   constantly  interchanged  — ship  answered  to 
ship   as   the  hours  l)ore  them  farther   apart    and   nearer 
their  destination.     I  scarcely  know  a  dialogue  more  affect- 
•ng  than   (hat  which   was  lu-ld  between   the  Niagara  and 
Agamen.n<,n  on  this  last  voyage.    At  length,  on  the  morn- 
'"g  of  the  4th  of  August,  under  as  bright  a  sky  as  ever 
Riuiled  on  a  gn-^t   achicvenuuit,  the  headlands  of  Trinity 
Ruy  rose  above  the  sea  directly  before  them. 

Then  there  came  out  to  meet  them,  and  be  their  pilot 
into  the.r  desired  haven,  another  English  ship-the  Porcu- 
pine-whose  Captain,  Otter,  had  so  carefullv  surveyed  and 
-o  closely  watched,  that  he  had  not  only  found  all  the 
channels,  but  had  statio-od  boats  to  mark  the  narrowest, 
and  that  the  ships  n.lgl.t  be  seen  far  ofT,  had  sent  sailors 
into  an  island  of  the  hay,  ,>„  which  wa.s  a  high  and  wooded 
nil  ordering  them  to  watch  day  and  night,  and  as  soon  as 
the  fleet  hove  m  sight  to  net  the  wood  on  fire.  The  fire 
wo.  kmdled.  and  the  burning  hUl  was  at  once  bonfire  and 


♦.  ** : 


> 


mitmmtm 


MH^kte 


<:  f>': 


169 

signal  for  the  victorious  ships.  The  bay  was  so  (loop  that 
the  boad  of  it  was  not  reachctl  till  aftor  midnight.  Thoro, 
at  five  o'clock  of  the  morning  of  the  otb  of  August,  tho 
end  of  that  mysterious  wire  was  taken  ashore  ;  and  as  soon 
as  it  was  secured  in  its  appointed  station,  the  brave  sailor 
and  humble  Christian  who  commaudod  tl  c  Niagara,  in  the 
open  air.  in  the  early  daylight,  while  all  the  gentleu.en  and 
seamen  bowed  their  heads  reverently,  gave  thanks  to  the 
Almighty  for  the  good  voyage  ended. 


I 


<!'     'I 


AND   THUS   WAS  THE    ATLANTIC   CAnLE   LAID. 

The  choir  then  sang  the  Hallelujah  Chorus  from  Ilun- 
del's  "  Messiah." 

llallelnjiilil 
For  the  Lord  (Jod  Omnipotent  rciKnctli ; 
Tho  kinK'dom  of  tliU  world  is  l.occ.ino 
Tin^  Ivinndom  of  <.ur  Ix)rd  and  of  l.in  Cl.ri»l ; 
And  he  shall  reign,  forever  and  over, 
Kinp  of  Kind's  and  Lord  of  Lords  1 
Hnllelnjah! 

After  which  the  Rev.  Dr.  Nott,  of  Union  College,  offered 
prayer,  as  follows : 

Almighty  God.  our  Heavenly  Father,  ««  «>'»'■''  *^~ 
that  we  have  our  being  in  an  age  aignal.«.d  by  «-  " 
repeated  triumphs  of  mind  over  the  ma.«r.al  element  of 
nature.  Eapeeially  do  we  thank  thee  that  »«««*'>- 
day  permitted  to  celebrate  thia  ■"'?'■»'" '"•"i:?'',;"*''^ 
completion  of  a  medium  for  the  .n.taut  ";^«J. 
tiding,  between  nation.  who«  f  f  ««"7,  "-"J"  An" 
been  obatrueted  by  the  barrier  of  the  mighty  oce«..    And 


I 


\ 


1 


100 

name  ,.f  our  rommrm  ^  !  '  ^"  P'''"'*^"^'  i"  the 

which,  vital  with  tl.. ..   I  .  '    ^^  wondrous  coni, 

»"■'  .>.-"  cot,;:  L'ir'T'  "ow  constrained  to  pa.. 

8  i'»e  bidding  of  thy  creature,  man. 

•rouRLt  into     :;  ";  "    '  ""."""'"^  population  sl.all  be 

Son  of  Ood!        .  '"troduction  of  tl.e  reign  of  the 

m.^'.!l  I'lrirr.t'elT.  ""7  '"  '"•"""-*  ""^  '"-'"''  these 
thank  thee  that  the  medi ,,  T""""  "''""  "'"  <«'^"',  »e 
•nd  IIe.ven,  f„r„i,l„..|  , "  "  "^  "''•■"■"«"'•  between  earth 
"U-nding  fr„„  ,hy  merely," '""':"'' ™''"-"""R 'ove. 

wh.„..  .„  behalf  ,f'n.i„.;t,7.^'"' !'  "'  •'^"'^'y- 

*"•  "'J'  "on  expired,  ia  already 


^S".-"'^. 


iMi 


MIL 


perfect,  and  through  Nshich  the  prayer  <.f  lailh,  as  ii  ri.ses  ii. 

the  heart,  and  before  it  has  received  utterance  hy  the  hps. 

reaches  that  ear  ever  open  to  the  supi^licaut's  cry  and  hru.gH 

back  from    thence    it8   sweet    response  of    a  reconcded 

Futher'slove. 

And  now,  O  Thou  that  hearest  prayer,  prant,  we  he- 
geech  thee,  that  the  elTusions  of  thy  Holy  Spirit  n.ay  ac- 
company the  future  progressive  discov.>rie8  ot  science  and 
triumplis  of  art,  till  the  dissonance  of  sin  shaM  have  ceased, 
and  harmony  be  restored  lliron^hont  thy  nunal  kn.plon.; 
That  amid   the   unceasing  anthen.s  performed    hy  a..g..ls 
aro.md  thy  throne  may  be  heard  from  every  hill  a,.d  valley, 
over  the  entire  of  a  redeemed  earth,  ascer.dn.g  n,  concord- 
ant  notes,  the  Church's  Hallelujah  :-"l^lessin;4  and  hom.r. 
and  dominion,  and  power,  be  nnto  Him  that  sitteth  upon 
the  throne,  and  to  the  Lamb,  forever  and  ever.       Amks. 

The  choir  then  sang  the  Doxology : 

rra-HO  Cod  .     in  wl.o...  nil  Mossinps  llow, 
r.uiso  Him  all  ironturcs  l.ero  l.olow, 
I'rniso  Him  iil)ovo,  vc  liCRveiily  lioM, 
Pi ..iso  r athcr,  Sen,  uihI  Holy  ^;li.•^l . 

Upon  the  conclusio,,  of  wl.ich,  the  "..v  Duvi.l  D  FieW 
advanced,  and  invoked  a  beno,li  .fon,  and  «;tl"  "  »  "^ 
proceedings  at  the  Crystal  Palace  cln«ed.  lu  lialf  an  hour 
after,  th.^  building  was  completely  deserte.!. 

All  the  presentation  addresses  having  been  handsomely 
engrossed  and  illnn,inated  on  v-"-".  --  "'       ^^^,;  , 
se'ions  of  the  Cable,  which  were  gilded,  and  '■   '  ""^ 
upon  one  end  a  solid  gold  eagle  with  wn.g-  out  prea.l,  and 
upon  the  other  the  British  lion,  also  of -ohd  gold. 
II 


"■••""jvi.^^ 


IJ':,>»,' 


.^ 


■\.-..> 


ir,2 


The  followine 


IS  a  ( 


won? 


ilcscript 


tl 


prcs,.,.t.'«l :  that  to  Cyrus  W.  Fi.-hl    1 


ion  of  the   rrold  boxes  that 


inT-fuiirtlis  itichf'H  loii«r,  ],-.-  t 


,s« 


|m  i.s  f( 


our  and 


whh',  and  one  and  a  half  .lorn.     It 


•J  two  a?id  thivo-foiirths  inci 


lOS 


and 


1>.     It  weighs  fouit.-on  ouncos, 


IS  valued  at  eiuht  hundred  .lojlars.     I 


paralhlograni,  with  slightly  round 
top  arid  bottom,  set  back 

Bingle  strand  of  gold  cabl 


LHl^C, 


a 


rat  el 


twisted  yarns,  which  act  as  feet,  and  k 


rouiuhiiff 


'•ngraved  surface  of  the  box  from  conta( 


objects 


n  slijkj)e  it  is  a 

lev'  corners  ;  around  the 

a  quarter  of  an  inch  from  the 

e  wound  at  the  comer 

roi*  the  claho- 

t  with  8ur- 


Tl 


sid 


•«' ground  of  tiie  box  is  brill 


«'s  are  eoven-d  will 


iantly  polished,  and  all  its 
'  .'Ppropiiate  designs,  engraved  with 


the  rh-anu'ss  and  delicacy  of  the  finest 


the  lid  of  thr  I 
the  C.bl 


Kloel  phite.     On 


«'  in  niid-o( 


i»<»x  is  a  scene  representing  the  splicing  of 


the   hff   and   flie   Air 


<'Jin,  at  the  r'M.ilezvous.'the  X 


i;i<'ara  on 


u 


iiav«' 
t!w  ( 


.l"^t  niaih-  th<.  splice,  and 


ncnuion  oa  the  rijrbt.     The  sh 


'iron  iin<l  Vah.rous 
•h-ntly  on  thr  point  of  start 


nussion:" 


Thr  si 


ips 
are  paying  out  the  slack; 
ippear  in  the  background,  evi- 
nig  on  their  respective  ])iloting 


attenti(.n  was  |,a:d  to  det 


_"ps  are  admirably  represented,  and  every 


toricallv 


nil 


so  n<  i- 


corret 


"t-      This  desijrn 


it:  11 


ider  tl 


le  work  his- 


arms  of  ,1.,-  nty  of  X,.^v  Vork.     A 
prav.Ml   on    thv  polished     surf 


«MJe  of  tl 


of  tlu>  b( 


'"  armorial  1 


?n  IS  si-.rmounted   with   the 

n    i'lscription  is  cii- 

»ce    of  the    lid,    on    eitl 


)eannir8. 


Stat 


•X  represents  the  il 


es  arranged  in  a 


arouiKJ  the  Hid 


es 


Htruiid  <if  cable  whirl 


nid    below 


niaki 


diviileti  into  t 


'»  Kiirrounds   the  b 


ler 

le  desiirii  on  the  bottom 

United 

'stoons 

'ff  a  panel  within  the 


ags  of  irngland  and  tl 


le 


trroiij,  above,  and  twisted  in  fe 


^vo  Oinnparinients  I 


<>\ 


The  panel  is 


»y  a  c  >il  of  cable.     In  th 


l.fiLl 


103 


WW  conipartincut  nro  I'nurave.l  tho  FtMloral  arms,  an. 


il  in 


ill.'  riu'ht  ouo  tlio  oo 


>at  of 


r»nns  u 


f  KiiL'laiKl.     Hrlow,  ill  the 


centre,  is  Ji 


Morse  Telegraph  instrument  in  oj.eratmn. 


On  the  front  side  of  tlie  box  are  four  enihleinatie  fen.ah 


rhl. 


r,.nues,  representing  the  four  .|uarier8  of  the  world, 
l.'inonc  nn.l  America  have  the  gh^he,  surmounte.l  by  the 

Cross,  in  a  l.hize  of  ph)ry.  betw i  them.     Asia  an.l  Afriea, 

in  hnmbU'  positions,  occupy  the  corners,  but  are  irrncio^.sly 
aUowea  each  to  hobl  one  en.l  of  a  teh-.-raph  Cabh^  cxten.l.-.I 
to  them  by  America  antl  Europe. 

On  the  back  of  the  box  arc  s,-nica  fwo  femah^  fiuMires, 
i,„,ndea  to  represent  Commerce  and  Science.  K..rrumuhMl 
bv  the  usual  en.blematic  symbr' •  •  Commerce  has  her 
slX.s  ana  cotton  bab-s;  Science,  her  globe  ana  telescope. 

Om  the  left  en<l  of  the  box  is  an  engraving  of  the  first 
„u.ctinu',  at  Mr.  Fichl's  house,  b.-tween  the  six  pro.ectors 
of  the  Cable  enterprise. 

Mr.  I Vter  Cooper  sits  iM  the  Ibregrouna,  in  (Vont  of  u 
table  on  which  is  spreaa  <.ut  a  chart,  one  ...a  ol  which  ,s 
SaWMr.  D.  I).  La.     Mr.CyrusW.Fh^aiss.a.ng 

in  frot'it  of  it,  una  explaining  his  P^- /"  ^^^^'^'^'^ 
Taylor,  Chanaier  White,  an.l  >^- ^>- ^^f '^^' ^^'"'  ^  , 
close  attention,  arouna  the  table.     ( )n  the  floor  .s  a  glob. . 

On  th.  ri^ht  ena  of  the  box  is  an  engraving  of  the  la.-a- 
ingofthe  Cable  at  Trmity  Hay.     The  proces«..m  ..       - 
ana  otficers,  .ome  twenty-three  f.gures  .n  ull  .«  r  1     s    t 
carrving  the  Cable  up  a  slight  ascent.      Mr.  I  ■      .  b- 
heaaea:i«infVontoftho,arty.Jre.^^^^^ 
backgrouna,  ana  the  bay,  w>th  the  ships 
complete  the  aesign. 


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It  i.s  altcirdhcr  ;i  most  suporb  affair    ind  fl.n 

:-'■'•'!""•">•  »'"i""'"' "■'•'"  .t  i.s  the ;.::;::::: 

mT:,;^:  ;:!r:/Z'  '"vr"^^^^ 

lu.i.rl.r      Ti  -1      ."'  ^^ '*"'•' '»"»1  <>IH^  inch  in 

""  " '"I  "f  Cii|.t,,iii  Prc.,.,)v's  l,„v  i ■ 

i"t  M.iirs.'  of  oonsf ruction. 

of  Cubh,  that  H,..>ply  the  place  of  raised 


'I 

'I 


'■,^'- 


rm^T.: 


l(i') 


'ii  rtft  lirfMiit** 


"S 


elites ;  the  smfaoes  arc  highly  imlishftl,  and  tlu*  imiummy- 
iii«'8  avo  oxccutod  in  as  high  a  styh'  of  art  as  tliosf  (.n  the 


On  tho  obvtMsc  of  the  medal  prosontod  to  Taptain  Day- 
man, is  a  fine  view  of  the  Niagara  going  into  Trinity  l^ay, 
witli  the  Gorgon  acting  as  pilot. 

On  the  obverse  of  that  presented  to  Captain  Aldhain  i« 
a  like  vi»'\v  of  the  Agamemnon,  with  the  Valorous  in 
the  background. 

The  obverse  of  Engineer  Woodhouse's  nu'dal  is  the 
most  elaborately  ornamented  of  the  three.  It  kI.owh  upon 
the  lower  half  a  reduced  copy  of  the  scene  on  the  lids  of 
the  boxes,  of  the  rendezvous  in  mid-ocean,  and  the  spluing 
of  the  enable.  Upon  the  upper  half  are  two  very  accurate 
drawings  of  the  payiug-out  and  brake  machinery  it.  use 
on  boar«l  the  principal  ships. 

The  reverse  of  all  the  medals  is  the  same,  the  <lesign8 
being  the  arms  of  the  city  of  New  York,  with  a  space  left 
for  an  inscription. 

The  boxes  and  medals,  as  w.dl  as  the  mountings  of  the 
pieces  of  Cable  around  which  the  addresses  were  roUe.l, 
were  the  work  of  the  world-renowne.l  jewelers,  Messrs. 
Tiffany  &  Co..  of  this  city,  and  were  got  t.p  in  the  usua 
clepn,;ta.d  tasteful  style,  both  as  to  workmanship  and 
general   ai.pearance,  for    which   that   firm   is    ho  justly 
famed. 
.      I„  a.Wition  to  the  mclals  »nd  l«>x.-»  furni.hn.l  for  pre 
«„t«,ion    ..y   the  ei,y   t.  the  chief,  of  the  e.i».l,t„M, 
Me««r-.  Tiffi.„y  k  Co.  were  directed  to  prepare  -.xty-hvo 


I 


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n 


i 


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other  medals,  to  l,o  prosentod  by  tl.o  Chaiuhcr  of  Com 
uwrev  to  those  rngair,.d  in  the  ontor,,rise.     Xino  of  these 
""Mlals  wnuhed  f.v,.  ounees   tail.,  and  were   thre<.  inches 
'"  <l';'".eter.     These  were  presented   to   the  parties  most 
pn.nnnent  in  the  projecting  and  carrying  out  of  theunder- 
'.iK'ni:.      The  happily  coneeived  inscription  ofaward  oc- 
cupied the  npper  and  lower  extremes  of  the  reverse  face 
■•■av.ng  an  intermediate  snrf-.ce,  upon  which  was  a  finely 
•  wrought    L  s^nhf,   r.-presenting  the   connecting    of   the 
able  n,  .n..i-ocean.     The  design  ornamenting  the  ob"er.e 
are  .s  essentially  en.blematic  ;  the  centre  of  this  surface 
»"'ars  an  exact  delineation  of  the   Atlantic  hemisphere, 
supporting  the  glol>e,  on  either  hand,  are  the  figures  of 
Tohunb.a  and  Britannia.     Columbia,  garbed  as  an  Indian 
Q.H'en,    bearing    upon   her   right   shoulder    a  well-filled 
qn.ver,  upon   her  head  an  aboriginal  diadem  of  eagle's 
feathers,  n.  her  left  hand  an  olive  branch,  and  in  her  Hght 
an  end  of  the  Cable,  while  at  her  feet  reposes  the  national 

r\   .,   ''n'^.?"    ^'■''"^'>'    countenance    of  Columbia 
lands  the  Br.t.sh  Tutelar,  at  whose  feet  tl.     lion  ^oace- 

The  base  upon  which  this  fine  sculpture  stands  is  a 
p  am  Grecan  entablature,  beneath  which  .ears  the  seal 
o     he  New  York  Chan.ber  of  Commerce,  supported  on 

lers,de  by  the  shields  of  the  United  States -u.d  Kng- 
h  lA  wmged  figure  of  Conconl  hovering  over  tl^ 
fih  e  nd  on.nng  an  olive  crown  to  each  national  genius. 
I ompletcs  this  hue  design. 

oulcc'  ''":"*•".""■;•■*  -'•'"  .aoh  of  II,.  w.igl„  „f  ,l,rcc. 
'"""•  """"""S  ^«"  ""J  «  Half  inol,e»  iu  d.a,no,..r.  an.l 


h 


107 

nr.H.orti<)n:ih'ly    thick.      Tlu'    n»v.'rs.»   (.1"  th.'s,-  is   in  nil 
ivsiH'Ots  itleiitical  with  tho  larin'  inrdils  hnt  n|u»ii  tlir  nh- 
verse  the   artist  has  iutioluci'tl  the  limir.  ^   «»f  «'oimii»'iv»' 
ami   Scioiu'O,   as   supnortinu:    the  ulolir,  in   the   i»Ian'  ot 
Columbia   and   Britannia.     As  in   the  larijer   uje.lal.   the 
happy  idea  of  surroninling  the  sphere  with  a  Cahhs  whirh 
is  held  on  each  side  by  the  characteristi««  CJenins,  is  like- 
wise produced   in  this  medal.      A   Dove,  instead  «.f  tho 
winged  Concord,  hovers  over  tln^  globe,  and  eon;plefes  the 
design.     These  medals  were  presented  t.»  the  (.iher  ullie.ers 
on  board  the  vessels  engi»g«'d  in  the  operation  of  submerg- 
ing the  Cable. 


THE   FIUKMRN's   rUOCF.SSION. 

The  torchlight  procession  of  the  New,  York  Fire  De- 
partment was  one  of  the  most  magnificent  demu'.stration- 
this  citv  has  ever  seen. 

While  the  military  were  yet  marching  back  to  their 
.pmrters  by  companies,  after  the  displays  of  the  afternoon, 
the  fire  companies  began  to  march  from  all  port-  o<  the 
city  to  the  rendezvous  on  Fifth  avenue,     liroadway.  durn.g 
the  whole  period  which  <'lapsed  from  the  tin.e  the  first  pro- 
cession passed,  to  the  hour  at  which  the  firemen  n.nrchcd 
down  liroadway,  was  choked  with  people  and  vehicles  ho 
that  it  was  with  the  greatest  diiliculty  the  various  f.ro 
companies  that  marched  up  '-ho  thoroughfare  n.ade  the.r 
wav.     They  gradually  assembled  at  the  place  des.gnate.l, 
dressed  in  fire-cap,  re<l  shirt  ami  black  pants.  acc..rdmg  to 
the  printed  regulations. 

About  7  o'clock  the  first  of  the  con.panie«  arrived,  and 


I  '  1 


fit 


I 


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16S 

all  had  formed  into  ruarchinji  order  before  the  proceedings 
ill  the  Crjstal  Palace  terminated. 

The  scene  on  the  avenue  was  one  of  great  excitement 
The  Hidewalks  were  crowded,  and  the  companies,  as  Uiey 
came  on  the  ground,  saluted  ea  "  other  with  hearty  cheers. 
The  line  wa.s  fonned  in  eleven     .visions,  as  follows : 

Firht  Division,  on  Fifth  avenue,  right  on  Fortieth  street. 

Second  Division,  on  Fifth  avenue,  ri^ht  on  Thirty-seventh 
street. 

Third  Division,  on  Fifth  avenue,  right  on  Thirty-fourth 
street. 

Fourth  Division,  on  Fifth  avenue,  right  on  Thirty-first 
street. 

/•- 

Fifth  Division,  on  Fifth  avenue,  right  on  Twenty-eighth 

Sixth  Division,  on  Fifth  avenue,  right  on  Twenty-fifth 
street.  ^ 

Seventh  Division,  on  Fifth  avenue,  right  on  Twenty- 
second  street. 

Eighth  Division,  on  Fifth  avenue,  right  on  Nineteenth 
street. 

Ninth  Division,  on  Fifth  avenue,  right  on  Sixteenth  street. 

Tenth  Division,  on  Fifth  avenue,  right  on  Thirteenth 
street. 

Eleventh  Division,  on  Fifth  avenue,  right  on  Tenth  street. 


I 


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m 

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11)0 

\t  ten  minutoa  to  10  o'clock,  tl.o  assoiul.laiio  in  iW 
Crystal  Palaco  NvitlMlrow,  an.l  at  10  o\look  tlio  l.nul  of  tin- 
procession  started. 

nown  Foi  tv-sccoiHl  street  to  Sixlii  avenue  they  nmr,l,.>.l, 
roeeiviiic  tlie  citv  authorities  au,l  their  guests,  who  aeeoin- 
„anie,l  the  procession  in  carriages.    Tlu.uce,  heacU,!  hv 
'Citations  of  p..licen..u  fron.  the  Teutb  an,l  Tturteenth 
Precincts,   conunanded    by    Serp'ant    '   aterhury.     hey 
.narclKul  .l.nvn  Sixth  avenue,  then  down  l.ruadway ;  Iron. 
Droadway,   a.  U.non  Square,  they  um.le  a  ./.<..«-•.  and 
nlhed  ,;„.!  the  CMUestrian  statue  of  \Va»lnu«.ou  tl.en 
Tturued  to  liroadway,  down  which  they  nuaehed  o  the 
■ity  Hall  park,  a.,d  passed  through  the  eastern  entran  e. 
A  Lc  ovlek  they  were  disn.issed.    The  V-^^^^^ 
procession  through  Broadway  »"'  -^ '-'f;  ,t' 

splendor.    The  sidewalks  wcrecrowdcd  »,th  ""^^  I -^^ ''"  , 
The  balconies,  the  windows,  the  honse-tops.  were  1,1     U^U^ 

neople.     Aln.ost  everv  house  was  ,llun.n,»ted    and    he 
S  ions  that  we  have  already  described  ^^';^;;;^ 

l;;r„t;:;arwasrassing,a^dedas.^^^^^^^^^^^ 
order : 

FIPST  DIVISION. 

Aasi,  ant  Engineer,  Jolm  Decker,  Marshal. 

The  Veteran  Association  of  Exen.pt  Unmen. 

Ex  Chief  and  Ex-Assistant  Engmeer,. 


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170 


Hoanl  of  Fire  CoinmissioiK.is, 

Kihvanl  Brown,  w,„.  A.  Fn-rborii, 

AVilliam  Wri^rht,  Andn-w  Cralt, 

Jcliii  W.  Sj-lienck. 

Oflioers  ancJ  -  „stoos  of  New  York  Fire  D.part.nont  Fun.l. 

I >o.l worth's  rot.ownnl  corii.t  ban.],  of  f.,rfy  pieec.?. 

Cl.i.f  Harry  Howard,  Grand  Marshal. 

Assistant  Engineers  John  A.  Cregier  and  John  Raulch. 

'Special  Aids. 

Kx.,„,,t  Knginc  Cn.npany,  Zo),har  Mills,  foreman  ;  „,„,. 
t.;rn,K  .,  ,„„t  „.v,.„ty  ex..,„,,i  „,,.,„.„,   „i„,„„t   ,„rehc,. 

''"'l"n.ly.llu,.,„,,,;,.,I«iM,,.|„,..,,„|,i„,„|ig,,t. 

Marion  K„pi„,.  r„„,,,„„y  j;,,  ,,  j,„„.^ 

nMi»ti'nn"si.\iv  men  ninr..i,;„»  r        i  "        ^■•^'""". 

Fir,.  1..,,  .        !  ,'  """''"""  "'">•  »l>reiist,  cscortina  tl.c 
1  .re  1  o,.art,n..nt  Itannvr,  wl.ici,  was  oarri,.,!  l.v  shUcn 

o";T ,':'  r'7  '"r""'"";'-'  ''""'■'' "'  "■"  p™--'- 1--! 

•»io  ig  (he  route  of  march. 

Hook  a„,l  I.„,,,l..r  f.„„,,,„„y  j,„. ,,_  j„^  ^^  ^_^^^ 
»"  . .  ..."»ti-.H,g  „l,y  n„.n,  l,..a,l..,l  by  I)o,|wortl,'s  lia 

If ' «; tt , .  •■  """"•  ''""""'•  »■"'  »■''"•  f>"  ti,c  top 

*«ii»  waH  reni'ved  bv  'iltoiu   *i  •  i      i    ■•.. 

Thi.  i.  „.o  i„r,..».  .ni;t'>:  :■ ;;. ""'""'"  ""^-^  "^"""- 

Hudson  Enmne  Comninv   v     ,     t  i 
wiU.  color.     «ix,y  .o'rc,::;,,  i|^:  ""*''""  ""'    ''•■^"'"'"' 


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Marion  No.  9,  Jas.lTav.'aJor.'inan,  sov,«nty  uumi  ;  carry- 
incr  the  mapnincout  bann.r  of  the  Firo  Dq.artn.n.t,  uImM, 
was  an  ohject  of  groat  ini.-rest  to  the  imnu'uso  n.ultiiuao 

of  spectators. 

Friendship  Enginr  No.  12,  James  A.  Carolin,  foreman, 
tlftv  men.  Trofcssor  Buchl,  of  the  Me.hcal  College,  m 
Thirteenth  street,  furnisheu  the  company  with  a  .hoptnc 
lens,  which  >.vas  (luite  a  feature  of  the  procession  Mgnals 
and  lamps  were  used  in  abundance,  so  that  FruM.dslnp  was 
universally  admired. 

Hudson  I  -ne  No.  1.  John  Ilamill,  foreman,  Rixty 
men.  This  machine  had  a  large  drunnnon.i  light,  anu  was 
handsomely  de'^orated. 

K„ickcrbocker  ftosc  No.  2.    Tl.is  c«mi;»"y  *""'"'  ""^ 
thirty  men,  and  ,.rcsentcd  a  .no.t  cr..d,tal,lo  uiToarancc, 

Indon.nd.ncc  Hose  No.  3,  John  V.  Dalto..  Ion ". 

...irtle  n.en.    Tl,i.  cart  was  appropriatelj  l,».oo i 

and  illuminated. 

Whit  worth's  Band. 

T.     ,    IT       xr«   1    Wiltcr  Sinith,  foreman.    i»'rty  ih-ii. 
u':atdTmUe.f 'L„.  and  looKed .KaU, 

well. 

XT     o   T1-.  I  anccv  W.  ICne  eU,  N'fe- 

Excelsior  l'-"8-^»;/;    ;  ^me  oalc, .'d  on 

man;  sixty  men.     1  litre  was  „,„,„„riate  dwora- 

thc  top  of  tliis  engine,  togetlier  with  .ppropriat 

tions. 

Marion  Hose  Ko.  4,  Theodore  niUer.  foreman,  thirty 


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li 


'<^».     Tin-;  hose  liadasplendi.l  plmno,  and 


atcd  with  (.'liinose  1 


aiii[ 


^vas  illiiinin- 


>s. 


Telegraph  Brass  Hand. 

.i,!;:''t":  '■'";•; """■  "•  "•  ''■  '^''-"■'.  f— „,  ,,„ra.i,.,i 

"MJ  «..■..     L,,„„  the  top  of  ,1,0  .„acl,i„e  wa..  Granf. 
anns  ol  the  engine. 

Proteci.,,,  i:,,,,,,,,  K„.  ,,  ,v,„.  f.  i.vo„s.     This  .-n.!,,,. 
«■■.«  orn„„„.„,.,l  .vith  variou,  oohuvj  ribbons,  a„d  ,h 
'•onipany  lu,„e,l  o„t  fifty  m,.,,. 

Mutual  Hook  and  LadiW    \.,   i     r^  4     „ , 

fori-m...     Ti-    .      ,         '"'  •^"-  '•   Oi'ojgo  A.  Hilton, 
ornnau.     1 1,„  „.„,k,  „-|,i,.|,  ,,,„  ^^^,_  ,  • 

Ktrii.  i.f  vvi  ;,  'dcKhr.s.     On  one  side  was  a 

...I         1     s     T      "'.'"•  '"■''"■  ^^'•■'''  "  "•"■^•"     Ou  the 
T..ra    ,,,":"■'''  l""'"  ""■  ""^''"'  "T"e  Atlantic 

=    "oatcd  to  both  ends  of  tlie  t)-uck. 

SKCOXD    DIVISION. 

fe'"oer  1 ,  ter  N.  Cornwell,  Marehal. 

n..hertson'8  Hand. 

An.erinis   Kngii.o  No    n    \vu 
*'«Ki«tvn.en      Thi.n.n  i  '     ,  """  Anspnke,   foreman; 

■  ^''""'"^•'""^•'«<>kedremarkablvwc.II.     The 


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y 

coddcss  of  Liberty  sat  iu  her  tcnipl.',  nu  oa<il»'  soaro.l  on 
tho  top,  flaffs  w«'rc  suspcndod  from  tlio  sitlc,  and  tlic  ou- 
ginc  lit  up  with  variegatod  lamps. 

Croton  IToso  No.  0,  r.(Wgo  R.  ConiHT,  r.»r.'nii»n  ;  tliirfy 
men.  A  large  number  of  fat.cy  lamps  wore  susp.'iid.-d 
from  this  cart. 

Lexington  Engine  No.  7,  Samu.d  (Mi.«shin-,  foreman  : 
8ixtv  num.  This  engine  had  a  hrg*;  drummoud  light,  and 
fifty  lamps  of  various  colors. 

Citv  Hose  No.  R,  (Miarles  II.  Cornell,  f.nvn.an;  bon- 
(Miets'of  real  and  artificial  (lowers  ornamented  this  com- 
pany's carriage.  Two  twisted  n.ils  of  blue,  white,  and  red 
ribbons,  emblematical  of  the  calde,  were  suspended  hon. 
the  rear.  The  nuMubers  of  thiscon.pany  numbered  tweniy- 
six. 

Columbian    IIo»c    No.  9,  Join,  I,.  \\^M\  fom,,,.., : 
thirty  ...on.    Tl,i»  l.o'C  wan  illu.ni..ut.-l  by  tw.mty-fiv 
amps. 
Paterson  Band. 

Ringgold    Hose   No.  7.  A.  Winhan.,  foren.an ;  thirty 

men      This  hose  cart  was  beautifully  udorn.l.     On  the 

;  of  the  cupola  were  the  names  of  the  ^^^ 

Agamemnon,  while  on  another  part  of  the  cart  the  nann. 

of  Field.  Hudson,  and  Everett  could  be  seen. 

Water  Witch  Engi.ie  No.  50,  parade<l  forty  n.en.    The 
maehit.e  presented  a  very  iniposing  app.arance. 

Liberty  Hose  No.  10,  thirty  met..     Their  carriage  was 
very  tastefully  arrayed  with  flowers. 


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uininated  with 


foreman  ;  flfry  mm.     This  trucl. 
Iam|»s  of  various  colors. 

Sfveiify-First  Rrgimmt  Drum  Corps. 

New  York  Hose  Ko.  5,  R  naymo.,d,  foroman  ;  twenty- 
nght  nuM..  In  front  of  tho  carriage  wore  si.v  dark  lan- 
terns, and  at  other  parts  lantorns. 

THIRD    DIVISION. 

Assistant  Engineer  Elisha  Kingsland,  Marshal. 

Fort  Schnylcr  Rand. 

Manhattan  Engine  Ko.  8.  Robert  C.  Brown,  foreman  ; 
seventy  m.n.  This  machine  had  an  elephant  on  the  top,  and 
-pKMHhd  signals,  and  was  illuminated  by  ten  largo  lamps. 

1  ho  men  wore  drab  pantaloons,  and  presented  a  fine  ap- 
pearance.  ^ 

(Jnlirk  Hose  No.  11.  E.O.  Robertson,  foreman,  paraded 
nnrty-H,x  men.  Inm.cdiately  surmounting  the  hose  was  a 
«phnd,d  eagUs  surrounded  with  the  American  colors  ;  in 
f  ont  w..ts  a  complete  model  of  the  Jefferson  Market  Fire 
Btll-tower  w.th  a  bell  in  the  centre,  and  the  whole  tower 
illununated. 

K...Ht  I!iv,.r  Engine  No.  17,  Ul.rirtopl.e,-  KeynMs.  forc- 
.  n  i .,.  y  ,„en.  11.i»  „„e,,i„„  „^  u,uJ.o,..\y„n.oncuted 

u  !  uT"  T     ""'■"'•  "'"'  "  l'"^*'""  "f  •!'«  A  l.ntic  Cablo, 
urn„h.^  by  the  Chief  Engin,..  of  tUe  Niagara.  wa,,,Iacc,l 
>'«  a  conspicuous  position.  ^ 


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Jackson  Hose  Ko.  Ill,  Arcliibal.l  Trvino.  fomnan  ;  thirty 
mm.  This  cart  carried  a  portion  -f  th.'  Athuitic  ('al»h«. 
.m\  was  bonutifuUy  decorattMl  witli  lamps  of  various  roh>rs. 

Excelsior  Tlose  No.  14,  thirty  mm.     They  l.res,.|ite,l  a 
very  imposing  appearance. 

•  Eleventh  Ueginient  Rand. 

Lafayette  Engine  No.  10,  fifty  men.     The  machine  was 
richly  decorated  with  some  sixty  odd  lights. 

Tompkins  Hose  No.  10,  Alex.  Ferris,  foreman  ;  thirty 
men.     This  cart  was-  illnininated  with  lamps. 

-Union  Engine  No.  IS  Jas.  Conolly,  foreman;  sixty 
men.  This  engine  was  illuminated  with  lloman  candles, 
and  looked  well. 

Phenix  Hook  and  Ladder  No.  3,  Ja.nes  CJalway.  fort- 
man  ;  paraded  fifty  men.  A  dr.un.not.d  light  adorne.l  the 
centre  of  the  trnck,  accompanied  with  forty  lights. 

CVntton  Hose,  No.  17,Lanrmce  Dalton.  foreman  ;  thirty 
men.     This  hose  was  tastefully  festooned. 

KOURTH   DIVISION. 

Assistant  E..gin.or  W.  T.  Mawbcy,  Marslml. 
Slii'lton's  Ilanil. 

Ocean,.,  Kngin.  N-   I-.  •'«""■»  WiWN'.v.  f"'"";^;^ 
radcl  fifty  n.™.     A  large  ,lr,„n,non,l  l,«..t .ur,n„u„., .1 
box,  in  front  of  wi.ich  was  a  <UM-r's  Lead. 


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Franklin  Hose  No.  !>;,  D.  J.  Conlcy,  fore 


caiilf  Kurnioiin 


gilt 
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'•nan.     A  laree 


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in  its  beak  a 


ol  flowers ;  au  American  flag  was  wrapped  around 
the  hoM'  rrel.  The  carri.ipe  was  illiiminatetl  hy  thirty 
rolored  lantern^.  In  front  was  a  transparency  hearing  the 
following: 


1  -',2 


Vl'.WKUS. 


1762 


••Franklin  roared  the  kite  that  found  the  Ri)ark  ; 
.M'T>:.'  St nt  it  on  fnmi  zone  to  znio  : 
Field  s  ..tuned  old  Oci-aii's  I'liny  depths  : 
Ami  ri.a,  the  work's  thine  ou  n." 

ThiH  company  inrned  out  forty  men. 

An.erira  Hose  Xo.  10,  Walter  W.  Adams,  foreman, 
paraded  thirty  men.  Over  the  jacket  was  the  following 
transjKircncv  : 

'■  Kl.Tiiirity-rn.rklin  Imttlrd  it  and  i.n  it  a  le^raev  to  this 
«•  '''".I.  V.  M,.,sr  utir,.ik.- 1  it  and  invited  all  thr  nations  to  par- 
take  tlnu"if."' 

''pon  the  reverse  side  was: 

"  A.Minu.v  'f,»si:  N().  jo." 
Tnrl's  IJiass  I{a,Hl. 

Harry  Howard  Hook  and  Ladder  No.  11,  Charles  N. 
K.-nt,  loren.an  ;  f.fty  nn-n.     This   truek    was  an   object  of 

"'';""'■ "'"^  '•''"••'»  <'"rth  the  plaudits  of  the  spectators, 

ami  (leseivedlv  M». 

M.enix  H.»8e  No.  o.,>,  j,,^,^^,|^.,,  j,^j^^^.  ^^^j  ^^^^^^^  _  ^^^^ 

•tri-HH^M   ...  the  regnlar  nniforn.,   an.l,    with  their  carriage, 
attracted  coiihiderable  attention. 


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Protector  Engine  No.  22.  Caleb  '^onrs,  foronuu. ;  .u.  illu- 
minated Bignrl  in  the  shape  of  a  f.r.  hat   m.r.nountnl  tlun 
onmnc.     A  number  of  la.nps  wm'  strung  nlong  the  hrakrH 
which  produc..^   •»  very  pleasing  elT.ct.     No.  2.'  paraded 
fifty  mensbi  f 3. 


Tiion.as 


an's  Brass  Band. 


Facie  ^>--  No.  in,  John  Hoaly,  loronmn.     American 
fla.^;  wore  w.apped  around  the  reels  of  this  .-uaine  u,  fron 

anf  rear.     A  number  of  la.np  were  hun,  on  the  hruk r 

handles.     The  company  mustered  sixty  n.en. 

Humane  Hose  No.  20,  Jared  A.  Tin^Mon  foreman - 
Ti^  :ip.ny  mustered  thirty  men.  The  tro,.  o.^ 
carriage  was  decorated  with  Amencan  and  l^nt.sh  flags 
intertwined. 

F.,gle  Hook  and  Ladder  No.  4  paraded  tWrty-fiv.  ...on. 
and  had  their  truck  very  finely  decorated. 

Band. 

,-     •      w«    on  Jolin  Roberts,  fore..ian.— 
Waaliington  Eng.nc  K«.  20  John  _^  ^^_^ 

Thi.  engine   held  between  .t.      'J"     "    „f  „„„  „f  „,. 
Niagara,  about  three  feet  long,  the  work  o  ton 
.noL;.    Onthefrontofitwa.adra.nn.ondhght.    I. By 

members  turned  out. 

Hudson  Ho,e  No.  2,  paraded  thirty  '^'Tj^jf^''' 
con.ider.ble  attention  along  the  l.ne  on  l)road«.). 

T.     •       M«  91  was  also  out  with  siity 
United  States  Engine  No.  23  was  a, 
men.     This  engine  was  illuminated  w.th  Inntcrns. 

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FIFTH    DIVISION'. 


Assistant  Engineer  Timothy  L.  Wesf,  Marshal. 
Stewart's  Band. 


Cohinnhian  Engine   No.  U,  R.  K 


engine  was  .Ircorate.l  with  artificial  fl 


Offers,  foreman.     This 


owers.     From  its  front 


the  figure  of  ar,  elephant  was  suspon.led,  and  from  the  \  ck 

hung  the  representation  of  a  lion. 

light 


8,  marched  by  the  side  of  tl 


Eight 


members,  hearing 


turned  out  sixty  men. 


u'  machine.     The  company 


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aded 


lerry  Hose  No.  ii'.^,  A.  V.  Davison,  loreman,  para..., 
tlnrty  men.  Ju  tl...  centre  of  the  carriage  was  a  mammoth 
cock,  w.th  the  words  "  victorj'"  flying  from  its  month;  a 
large  leather  a.lorne,!  the  front  of  the  carriage. 

National  Hose  No.  l>4,  S.  Hurhans,  Jr.,  fore.nan,  paraded 
thirty  n.en  ;  decrated  with  lights  and  lanterns. 

Union  Hook  an.l  Ladder  No.  r>,  Adam  Hipp,  foreman, 
"I  y  n.en.  Tnis  ladder  company  looked  well,  but  had  no 
extra  a<h)rnment. 

JZ^'^^!  ^'"^'^r  ^"-  "* '  ^''""'^''^  "^^"^  ^i^'y  '"«".     Their 
engine  attracted  nmch  attention. 

Edward  .Manahan's  Brass  Band. 

frolt'or!.^""''"''"  ''•  '"""^  ^^'^"i'ongh.  foreman.     In 

Ine  r'""'  """''  ^^-"^  '"'"-"Hted  by  ten  cam- 

pncne  lamps  hunir  aroun.l  it    •>..  i  i  .       '  ^ 

wiui  u  l„r„     K  1         '     "'  ^y  **  "'">'l><'r  of  torches, 

WM  a  lartre  American  fl-nr      i'   i 

full  rnmnli^  f  ^'        "'^''"  ^^''S'"^''  t"»-n<<^  out  the 

Juii  compliment  of  sixty  men. 


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United  States  Hose  No.  25,  Hugh  'Qallngher,  foroman. 
The  American  and  Britisli  flags  waved  over  this  liose  car- 
ria<»e.  The  Britisli  flag  nsi-d  on  this  occasion  was  pro- 
Bented  to  the  company  by  the  garrison  cf  Windsor.  Cm- 
ada.  A  large  and  fierce-looking  wihl  cat,  captured  e-  >'M- 
ly  for  and  presented  to  the  company  by  their  friends  i»i 
Detroit  (Michigan),  was  perched  on  the  hose  reel,  and  held  a 
lantern  in  his  mouth.     This  company  turned  out  thirty  n>en. 

Williamsburgh  Brass  Band. 

Cataract  Engine  No.  25,  William  Lamb,  foreman,  sixty 
men.  This  engine  was  also  beautifully  illumin.ited,  and 
surmounting  it  was  a  buck's  head  enveloped  in  flags. 

Fourth  Regiment  Brass  Band. 

Homrd  Engine  No.  M,  .T.  I-  Ooc  foreman,  para.l"l 
Hixty  m«n.  The  online  wu»  very  ,„,tofuUy  .iecoru  ...1  w  -h 
flag;  and  Ughta-twcnty-f.ve  lautcr..  bcng  hung  at  v«,«u. 
portions  of  the  machine. 

Rutgcr.  Hose  No.  26.  Jam..  M.  P.tty.  foreman,  thirly 
men.  A  large  number  of  lamp,  of  v.riou.  color,  -vcro  .u,  - 
pcndeu  1.    n  this  hose  in  a  tasteful  manner. 

Icflerson  Engino  No.  20.  John  Kord,  foreman  j  fifty 
„..„.  This  Knginc  i,  herself  an  artisMc  and  I"*"  '^  •^-;" 
of  mechanism,  and  required  no  decor»-,.ons.  U<a»t>. 
when  unadorned  's  adorned  the  moot." 


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SIXTH   DIVISION. 


Assistant  Engineer  James  F.  Wenman,  Marshal. 
Governor's  Guard  Band. 

Amity  Hose  No.  38,  Isaac  M.  Bamby,  foreman,  paraded 
twenty-8,x  men.  The  carriage  was  adorned  with  a  large 
map  of  the  world,  over  which  .vas  a  massive  colored  light 
representing  the  globe,  with  the  word  -Amity"  at  the 
top.    Each  man  also  carried  a  lantern  in  his  hand. 

Neptune  Hose  No.  27,  John  H.Corballis,  foreman.  The 
hose  carnage  belonging  to  this  company  was  surmounted 
by  a  silver  eagle;  it  was  plainly,  but  tastefully,  decorated. 
The  company  was  represented  in  the  procession  by  thirty 
members.  ' 


Mr^amora  Hose  No.  29,  J.  E.  Conklin,  foreman,  paraded 
thirty  men.    Carriage  well  trimmed  with  flo> 
bons. 


)wers  and  rib- 


Hook  «nd  Ladder  No.  G,  James  Kellock,  forcmaD.  fifty 
men  I„  the  centre  of  the  truck  wa,  »  large  field  piece,  in 
front  of  which  wa.  the  coat  of  arms  of  the  Fire  Depart- 

Ouardian  Engine  N„.  29,  Eli  Bates,  foreman,  paraded 
ligl    ""  °"*'"''  '""'''"">'  ''"«'"'*<'•  accompanied  with 

Knickerbocker  Band. 

^"t^y^'"" I'^"""  ^'•-  '=^'  ^^^  W.  Cooper,  fore- 
■««".  fifty  men.  A  hve  eagle,,hrce  and  a  half  feet  m  height. 


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was  placed  on  the  top  of  this  engine  and  attracted  nujch 
attention. 

Laurel  Hose  No.  30,  James  II.  Arnold,  foremaii ;  thirty 
men.  This  cart  was  lit  up  by  red  and  white  colored  lan- 
terns. 

Index  Hose  No.  32,  William  Ilolden,  assistant  foremen 
in  command ;  thirty  men.  It  was  decorated  with  flags 
and  beautiful  flowers. 

SEVENTH    DIVISION. 

Assistant  Engineer  Edward  W.  Jacobs,  Marshal. 

Connell's  Brass  Band. 

Black  Joke  Engine  No.  33,  was  beautifully  adorned 
with  flags  and  lit  up  with  variegated  lamps  Sixty  men 
appeared  and  contributed  no  little  to  the  disptay. 

Warren  Hose  No.  33,  John  D.  Craft,  foreman ;  thirty-fivc 
men.  The  carriage  was  very  tastefully  decorated  with 
flags. 

Lafayette  Hose  No.  34,  Jolm  Irvine,  foreman)  thirty 
men.  This  eart  had  a  large  plun.e  on  top,  and  wa.  en- 
veloped  in  flags. 

Chatham  Engine  No.  15,  David  S.  Baker,  f""""";''  "^ 
onty  men.  Th;  engine  wa,  not  adorned,  but  a.gn.l  we  e 
.u«pended  from  it.  and  the  co.npany  made  an  excellent 
turn-out. 

Columbus  Engine  No.  35,  paraded  nay  men.  and  made 


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a  very  fine  appearance  ;  the  machine  was  trimmed  off  with 
a  groat  deal  of  taste. 

Baltic  Hose  No.  35,  James  H.  Bell,  foreman,  paraded 
thirty-six  men.     Carriage  trimmed  with  American  flags. 

Empire  Band. 

Empire  Rook  and  Ladder  No.  8,  John  C.  Everett,  fore- 
man ;  fifty  men.  This  ladder  ha.l  a  large  number  of  lights 
and  forty-eight  torches. 

Equitable  Engine  No.  30,  was  festooned  with  flowers, 
adorned  with  flags,  and  brilliantly  illuminated.  They 
turned  out  sixty  men. 

Empire  Hose  No.  40,  William  Evans,  foreman,  paraded 
thirty  men.  Upon  the  top  of  the  reel  jacket  was  a  large 
drumraond  light.  On  either  side  of  the  carriage  was  the 
likeness  of  J.  A.  Cregier,  assistant  engineer,  Jumes  L.  Mil- 
ler, David  Mulligan  and  John  Kittleman.  No.  40'8  car- 
nage was  about  one  of  the  finest  in  the  procession  ;  being 
new  it  attracted  no  little  attention. 


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EIGHTH   DIVISION. 

Assistant  Engineer  G.  Joseph  Ruch,  Marshal. 

Wallace's  Band. 

fionthwwk  Engine  No.  88,  George  T.  Alker.  foreman, 
inado  a  .plendid  display.  The  engine,  which  is  a  first- 
clasa  one.  was  dUiwn  by  four  of  Adams'  Express  Compa- 
ny •  homea-known  as  the  "string  team."     The  horsea' 


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hcaJs  were  doeomte,!  with  re.l,  white  »n.l  l.h.c  plum«>. 
The  company  turned  out  the  full  „„,uher  ..llow^l,  and 
were  accon.paniea  by  several  honorary  n.en.bcv.  o  many 
.  ..»„ainff  Thov  were  lavish  of  Roman  canJlea  and 
CllS'  and  were  headed  hyWallace-abana. 

Naiad  Hose  Ko.  03,  Wm.  11.  Sh.unway.  foreman.    In 

r     r„f  the  hose  carriage  was  »  transparency,  representmg 
front  of  the  hose  ca  ^^^^  ^^^^  ^  ^^^^^^ 

ZZ  ifs  con  h  b  eitl!  the  waves.  Six  naia,.s  were 
'Xed  Sv^g  expression  to  their  joy  at  the  present 
Long  then,  of  the  mustr.ous  ^:^^;;^  ,^„, 
another  transparency  w.ththc  >'»"»•  ^  f  ^^^,. 

■  _<.„e  we  would  not  extmgu.  •      S^^^.,  English, 
ent  nations,  among  whicU  wtrt  ^ 

French  and  Belgian  standards,  --/"^  ,^,. 

oer.    In  pans  attached  to  t^e  co"t  «  o^^^^^       ^he  com- 
•  Bengola  lights  were  kept  continually  burning, 
pany  turned  out  thirty  members. 

T.     •  «  XTn  ^7     This  machine  was  mag- 
Tradesmen's  E"f  "«/^:^f^^^^^^  Sixty  men 
nificently  festooned  and  brilliantly  luu 
marched  in  the  parade.  . 

o-    ^„  V  Woolev,  foreman  ;  thirty 
Madison  Hose  NO.  37,  Simon  V.^W^^^^^^^^^  ^^  ^^ 

men.    This  cart  was  adorned  v.th  flag 

various  colored  lamps.  „  „  ««« 

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eagle  holding  .n  .t.  beakjhe  A  ^^  ^  ^^^^^^ 

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Washington  Hook  and  Ladder  No.  9,  John  H.  Forman  • 
fifty  men.  This  truck  had  an  immense  drummond  hght  a 
large  flag  and  countless  colored  lamps.  ' 

Pacific  Engine  No.  28,  Samuel  M.  Simpson,  foreman ; 
fitly  men.  This  machine  attracted  the  attention  of  the 
crowd  ;  an  immense  calcium  light,  and  one  hundred  and 
fatty  lamps,  illuminating  it,  together  with  banners. 

Metropolitan  Hose  No.  39,  Hugh  Hanley,  foreman ;  thirty 
men.     This  hose  was  illuminated  with  lamps. 

Manhattan  Engine  No.  43  also  attracted  considerable  at- 
tention,  the  machine  being  appropriately  adorned  and  lit 
with  a  great  number  of  colored  lamps.  Fifty  men  paraded, 
m  the  regular  uniform,  and  looked  well. 

Pioneer  Hose  No.  43;  was  also  tastefully  decorated. 
1  hirty  men  paraded. 

NINTH    DIVISION. 

Assistant  Engineer  John  Price,  Marshal. 
Fifty-fifth  Regiment  Pand. 
Empire  Engine  No.  49,  Richard  P.  Moore,  foreman. 
vari«r''T  ""t?' '''  "'*^  *"^"^^   ^^h"--   J-terns  of 
a  new  uniform,  viz. :  cmv  shipfu   mi  , 

cbief.;  thcj.  nu,„bor,.ffili;'':':. '"'"=''  ''""""'  ""'"' 

.i,wl""  T?""    ""•   "'•  •'"^i'"'   Foley,  foren,.,,, 


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186 

MazeppaHose  No.  42,  John  Lcc,  foreman  ;  tlnrtymon. 
This  cart  carried  a  large  drunimond  light  and  a  quantity 
of  lamps. 

Narragansett  Hook  and  Ladder  No.  10.  The  (.tick 
looked  well,  and  the  members  of  the  company  bore  then- 
selves  handsomely. 

Franklin  Engine  No.  39,  looked  exceedingly  well,  and 
her  members  mustered  in  respectable  numbers. 


Adkins'  Washington  Brass  Band. 


Clinton  Engine  No.  41,  Anson  Claire,  foreman. ;  sixty 
men.  Thi,  engine  was  polished  in  a  beautiful  manner,  and 
attracted  considerable  attraction. 

Alert  Hose  No.  41,  W«a.  McLaughlan  foreman ;  thirty 
men.  This  hose  cart  was  decorated  with  Amcr.c.n  (lag., 
and  illuminated  with  lamps. 

Washington  Irving  Hose  No.  44.  The  "«"''>«;'  "f^^ 
company  presented  an  imposing  appearance ,  the.r  carn^Se 
was  tastefully  decorated. 

Excelsior  Band. 

»♦       V     An.  Vdward  L.  Cobb,  foreman; 
Vallev  Force  Hose  No.  4G,  Kdwaru  u.  y^       . 
vaiicyrui{5c  UriUJantlv  i  umitiatcd,  and 

thirty  men.     This  hobO  was  brilliantly 

looked  beautiful. 

Mechanics-  Hose  No.  47,  CorneliusN.  WnnHt. foreman; 
thirty  men.    This  hose  cart  was  not  dccora'cd 
usual  manner. 


186 


Mazeppa  Engine  No.  48,  Jeremiah  Foley,  foreman. 
This  company  turned  out  sixty  men,  and  their  machine 
was  decorated  with  flags  and  illuminated  by  laaips  of 
various  colors. 


TENTH   DIVISION. 

Assistant  Engineer  Daniel  Donovan,  Marshal. 
Bronck's  Band. 

Marion  Hook  and  Ladder  No.  13,  E.  A.  Greeory,  fore- 
man :  f,lty  men.  Thi8  company  had  a  large  ^lamp,  an 
eagle  and  variegated  lumps. 

Americus  Hose  No.  48  had  thirty  men,  and  looked  ad- 
mirahlyc 

Pocahontas  Engine  No.  49.  This  engine  was  splendidly 
deccrat«;d. 

Relief  Hose  No.  51  paraded  with  thirty  men  ;  the  cart 
was  beautifully  illuminated. 

Sixty-ninth  Regiment  Drum  Corps.        •  ' 

Hope  Ho«e  No.  51.  This  cart  was  very  appropriately 
Illuminated  and  decorated.  F'  «  «-  / 

Yorkville  Band, 

Aurora  Encine   No    d^       n- 
«..ni-       1     1  ^®-  '''*•     i 'lis  machine  was  a  so  vcrv 

.jandsonip  V  dccoratod  vvifi.  «i  ,    .  ui'iu  y^ij 


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^      I     Hnso   No.  M.    This  company's  c»rri»KC  »«. 
''"ted  °   h  !  oumbor  o,  bou.,ueU  of  „»tu,«l  .Wwor. 
°"'    "     IreatL  of    artificial   llo^er.,   an,l    nunuountcl 

numbered  forty  men. 

T.     •       v«   '^0   sixty  men,  viw  brilliantly  il- 
Lone  Star  Engme  fo;  ^0,  s'xty  ^      ^^^^  ^^^^^_ 

appropriated  by  the  Corporation. 

X,     r->     TV,;,  machine  was  handsomely  fit- 
.     Undine  Hose  No.  52.    Th>»  mach  ^^^  ^^„ 

ted  ont  with  flags  and  amps  f^^^^""       „„,,    This 
Columbian  Hook  and  Ladder  No.  '*■  "^^'J         ,  „„U  . 
truck  was  decorated  with  festoons,  and  .Uum.na 
large  number  of  lamps. 

ELEVF.STil    DIVnION. 

Assi.tant  Engineer  Wm.HacKett,  Marshall. 

Dodworth's  Second  Band. 

,,      V.    lA     This  truck   wan 
Baxter  Hook  and  Ladder  >o.    ^-^^^^^^^  ^^  ^ 

draped  with  American  a»8''.' ,  ,  ^^.^eral  bine,  white 
large  gilt  eagle.    U  was  lUuminat     by  ev  ^^_^^^_  ^^_ 

J  red  h^nterns,  and  a  *""'-  "f  J«  „,  „umhored  fifty 
the  fore  part  of  the  truck_     The  ^  J,^  >  ^^„„,,  „„,a,  of 
men,  and  was  preceded  by  ^J" 
thirty  instruments.  ,  ^ 

on  the  carriage  were  w"  "\     , 
al«>  carrying  » lante'" '»'"»  """'■     ' 


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Mutual  Engine  No.  51 ;  sixty  men.  A  splendid  wreath 
of  flowers  was  placed  in  front  of  this  engine,  and  in  the 
centre  hung  a  huge  lamp,  while  the  American  eagle  wa« 
placed  in  the  rear  and  frcm  its  mouth  six  feet  of  the 
Atlantic  Cable  was  quite  visible,  affording  Young  Ame- 
nca  an  opportunity  to  let  off  a  stock  of  adjectives.  Samuel 
G.  Jackson,  a  member  of  the  company,  was  on  board  the 
Kiagani  and  furnished  the  Cable. 

KuKsau  Hose  No.  5G.  This  company  was  out  in  good 
force,  and  both  the  members  and  their  carriage  looked  well. 

Paulding  Hose  No.  57,  John  J.  Reed,  foreman,  paraded 
thirty  men.  Their  carriage  was  beautifully  decorated  with 
flowers  and  lanterns. 

New  Jersey  Brass  Band. 

M.  T.  Brennan  Hose  No.  60,  Walter  Hochc,  foreman. 
m  ront  of  thiK  engine  were  American  flags  intertwined, 
and  on  the  top  there  was  a  powerful  drummond  light. 
Ihirty  men.b,.r8  of  this  company  paraded. 

Merchant  Hose  No.  68.  The  members  of  this  company 
made  a  very  creditable  tuniK>ut,  and  were  loudly  applauded 
by  their  friends.  ^    ^^ 

This  closed  the  procession,  and,  with  it,  closed  one  of 
the  most  nnposing  displays  of  this  age  and  countrj'. 


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„.re  nuttin"  up  curious  stick,  and  o.U  cr..Bs-l,»n.  .long 
Te  fron  of  th!  ailapi.latea  City  llall.  The.  ...ck,  and 
11  we  e  the  foundation,  of  a  cable  and  two  ...,,.«,  w.th 
Ttiraccompa«in,cntsnoceB«>ryto  give  tnc  tel.-«r»,d.  a 
f  rv  sab  te  At  nightfall  the  work  wa»  funded,  or  rathe 
Mtld  that  It  was  ready  to  be  begun  when  e.ght 

o'clock  came. 

While  the  firemen  were  getting  their  vope,  in  readinesa 

•"r'''"'TeTre:r^^^^^^^ 

lienthal's  men  ai.pl.ed  the  torch  ro 

the  Cit.  HaiUand  -«"  r^j;!  ^J,' l.lCoh.t.on.. 
ean,ea"Revo.v,„gGlob.      Th«ha  ^.^^^  ^ 

.pun  round  a  8p.udle    and  rotated  p    ^^ 

wheel  that  spun  about  ■"   »  «;^  ^^^  ^,  /,„.,.p„rpo.e.. 

^:'•r^'rd^anXt  o^IIthe  features  of  this 
Colored  fires  and  lance  wDr»  .„„.tthe  west  wmg 

initial  piece.     And,  when  one  ^  "l^^^^'^t  ,^,  east 
of  the  Vu.  another  r^^ ^    rL,,,,,  and 
wing.     So  nobody  was  lavorea  #u 
all  saw  and  shouted  an  approval. 

r         •     f.«  after  the  "  Revolving  Globe"  came 
For  a  few  minutes  after  che  ^^^^  ^^  people 

to  a  black  finish,  that  ---^t  of  rockets  went  up 
stood  patiently,  while  a  lit.le  snow  ^^^^^  ^^^^ 

towards  Heaven.    Then  came  P--J^-  „,,.  part  a 

dn//..    This  piece  was  eight  ^^^\'y^^^  ^    ^c.  .uod^ 
large  wheel,  bearing  upon  the  en  ^.^^^ 

BHiall  Saxon  wheels  --^-"VTeen  and ''general  ef- 
tions.  with  red  fires  changing  to  green,  and     g 
feet  altogether  very  excellent. 

Therewasanotherpause,andthen5a.«^«n.Aw^.. 


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lites.  The  centre  of  this  piece  was  stationary.  Small 
Saxon  wheels  revolved,  displaying  colored  fires,  and  the 
whole  ended  with  colored  fires  and  brisk  cannon  discharges. 

The  fourth  was  a  Compound  Saxon  Wheel— dhme.tcr  five 
feet,  the  spokes  containing  small  Saxons,  and  eudini?,  not 
by  cannon  discharges,  but  with  the  evolutions  o'f  big 
wheels  and  little  wheels. 

Four  grand  pieces  had  now  been  discharged ;  all  good. 
The  finale  was  yet  to  come.  Before,  between  all  the  nieces, 
and  after  everything  but  this  final  "blaze  of  glor^V  the 
men  who  were  perched  upon  the  very  top  of  two  high 
platforms,  placed  one  at  each  end  of  the  Hall,  threw  high 
mtorhe  air  an  almost  endless  shower  of  the  finest  rorkots, 
bombs  and  projectiles  of  all  sorts,  that  burst  a  mile  or  so 
above,  and  sent  down  stars  and  golden  rain  to  celebrate  the 
last  of  their  existence.  Mr.  Lillienthal  certainly  did  great 
thmgs  in  the  rocket  line  alone.  The  profusion'was  some- 
thing extraordinary.  The  air  was  full  of  streaming  lines  of 
light,  trails  of  fiery  serpents  and  clusters  of  stars.  The  scene, 
with  these  buzzing  and  flashing,  and  the  dense  mass  below 
and  all  around  shouting,  and  a  path  of  silverj- light  passing 
over  the  park  trees  from  a  calcium  light  over  in  Broadway. 
waa  decidedly  impressive. 

The  emblematic  piece,  which  ended  the  show,  was  matr- 
mficcnt.  It  wua  an  allegorical  represe<itation,  founded  on 
the  Cable-giving  thanks  for  the  O.ible-illustrating  and 
.llummatiog  the  Cable.  The  pi.ve  occupied  the  entire 
front  of  the  C.ty  Hall^wings  and  all.  Its  t..tal  length 
^^a.  one  hundred  and  eighty  f,  et.  At  either  end  was  .  fi.Il 
ngged  ship,  one  the  Niagara,  the  other  the  Agamemnon. 


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V  rh  vessel  was  twenty  feet  from  Btcm  to  stern  ;  mul  tho 

f       tthe  lame  up  to  the  peak  of  the  main.na.t.  An  enta- 
hcight  the  same  up  F  ^^^^^^^^^^^  ^^^^,„^ 

was  supported  by  .u  pilars,  i  ^^^^^ 

:ricx;r:— ;..■-.....«,.. 

this  inscription : 

Bull  ANN  I  A— A    II'-" 

in  mid-ocean,  his  tr.Jcnt  over  i  ^,^^j^,^ 

upuftea,  .,oia>„g  a  ughiea  -o- '- -;;  ,.„„,._  „„„ 

ran  eaet  to  "ourEaglo,    ««•»'*"  „,.l  of  tl.o  cord, 

fellow,  with  hi,  paw,  '»"""«  ^\  :„",;,„  f,.„.c-.  W- 
Bchind  the  eagle  stood  a  ■«'"•'  ™^  ,,',„„„  fame. 
Mod  the  lion  stood  another  ''-'^  ;f  ^  ;«, „  ,„.er.  of 
Over  all  this  show  spru..g  an  arch,  hcar»  fc, 

gold,  these  words :  „       „  n 

TheOahlespri„gingfro.ndd.oceaM^^^^^^ 

out  the  cable,  the  P'"-  ^  ^f^ltbarreled  pun  in  the 
announce  the  great  «»""' '7,"  „.t„ti„„  that  wound  up 
first  inscription,  the  g""-!  ''"'";""  „t,  „f  „,,,,robati«n. 
the  whole-elicited  cont,n,.o«s  '^"^^^ ^^,J\„^....^„i. 
TM  entire  populace-aM  no        ■  ^^^  ^^„jj„„ 

there  were  packed  into  the  park,  we  do  ^^^^^^ 

to  peril  our  verae^U^s-.X;„,,,„„t. 
on  this  occasion,  that  tut  v^uu 


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Such  an  imponetrable  mass  of  human  beings  it  could 
hardly  be  said  had  ever  assembled  before  within  the  city 
of  New  York.  The  crowd  was  dense  enough  during  the 
day,  but  night  brought  people  to  the  City  Hall  by  tens  of 
thousands.  They  were  crammed  together  under  the  trees, 
stra.ning  every  muscle  to  obtain  a  glimpse  of  the  display; 
and  far  away,  toward  the  Astor  House,  the  throng  extended 
-•n  undiminished  density.  It  is  certainly  safe  to  say  that  at 
least  one  hundred  thousand  people  were  present.  Over 
this  huge  throng,  which  swayed  to  and  fro  with  every 
impulse,  the  blue  and  red  lights  ever  and  anon  shed  an  unl 
earthly  glare.  It  was  a  deeply  impressive  sight ;  and  the 
"sea  of  upturned  faces,"  reddened  by  ti..  glow,  were  grand- 
er far  to  witness  than  any  pyrotechnic  display  that  could  be 
invented.  At  length  the  exhibition  was  brought  to  a  close, 
with  the  piece  which  we  have  already  described.  The 
people  got  into  motion,  and  as  they  slowly  moved  from  the 
park,  m  the  .nost  perfect  order,  a  parti-colored  illumination 
once  niore  lightened  up  every  place— and  then  all  was  dark 
once  more. 

And  thus  ended  the  first  day's  celebration  of  the  laying 
of  the  Atlantic  Cable. 


THE   MUNICIPAL   BANQUET. 

In  aox-ordanro  with  the  arrangements  made  by  the  Joint 
Committee  of  the  Common  Council,  the  grand  municipal 
banquet  g.ven  by  the  Corporation  to  Cyrus  W.  Field,  Esq.. 
and  officers  of  Her  Britannic  Majesty's  steamship  Gorgon 
and  United  States  nteam  frigate  Niagara,  in  commemora- 
tion of  he  laymg  of  the  Atlantic  Cable,  came  off  at  the 
Metropohtan  Hotel,  Broadway,  on    the  evening  of  Sep- 


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tember  2cl.  The  dining-hall  was  elaborately  and  taste- 
fully decorated  with  flags  and  devices  appropriate  to 
the  occasion  ;  on  the  left  side  of  the  head  of  the  table  of 
lionor  was  hung  a  copy  of  Winierhnlter's  celebrated 
painting  of  Queen  Victoria,  and  on  the  other  side  a  paint- 
ing of  President  Buchanan.  Between  the  two  was  a  por- 
trait of  Mr.  Cyrus  W.  Field.  Underneath  the  latter  was 
the  inpcription  : 

'♦  Peace  on  Earth,  Good-wii^l  to  Men." 
Over  the  portrait  the  flags  of  the  United  States  and 
*  Great  Britain  were  gracefully  interfolded,  and  a  portion 
of  the  Submarine  Cable  was  looped  to  the  ceiling  above 
it  and  carried  in  festoons  throughout  the  room.   From  the 
side  walls  hung  out  the  flags  of  various  nations,  and  from 
the  central  chandelier  were  spread  over  the  ccdmg  the 
flags  of  England,  France.  Russia  and  the  United  States 
In  the  spaces  between  the  windows  were  hung  stnps  of 
canvas  bearing  respectively  the  names  of  Frankhn,  Bnght 
Berryman,  Everett,  Woodhouse,  Otter  and  Dayman.    In 
the  centre  of  the  room,  opposite  the  orchestra,  was  a  por- 
trait of  Morse,  with  the  inscnption : 

"The  Elevation  op  Mankind." 
"The  Electric  Trident,  wakino  to  Life  the 

Uncivilized  World. 
On  the  opposite  side  of  the  room,  in  front  of  the  music 

gallery,  was  tho  inscription  in  the  centre: 
"  The  Atlantic  Cable. 

^  Wnurn    WITH  HoSAKNAS, 

An  Audience  of  the  World,  witu 
welcomes  Genius. 

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And  at  cither  side  the  inscriptions  : 

"Tiic  Ocean  Echo. 

"Silent  in  its  course  beneath  the  Waves,  yet  Elo- 
quent IN  its  Thunders  through   two   Hemispheres." 

"  The  Electric  Spark. 

Franklin  Played  with  the  Clouds— American 
Genius  oave  Speech  to  the  Ocean." 

The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  bill  of  fiire.  It  was 
headed  by  an  engraving  of  telegraphic  operators  sending 
and  receiving  messages  on  either  side  of  the  Atlantic,  and 
its  border  was  a  representation  of  the  Atlantic  Cable. 

Oysters  on  the  Half-Shell. 
Sovps. 


Green  Turtle. 


Gumbo,  with  rice. 


Fish. 

Boiled  Fresh  Salmon,  lobster  sauce. 

Broiled  Spanish  Mackerel,  Steward's  sauce. 


Turkey,  oyster  sauce. 


Boiled. 


Leg  of  Mutton,  caper  sauce 

f 


RooKt. 

Ribs  of  Hecf.  Young  Turkey, 

i^amb,  mint  sauce. 
lUm,  champagne  sauce. '  Chickens,  English  sauce 

Cofd  Ditthcu. 

Boned  Turkey,  with  jelly. 

PAtc.  of  Game,  with  truffles,  Chicken  Salad,  lobster  sauce. 

Horn;  sur  aocie,  with  jelly. 


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Entrees. 
Tenderloin  of  Beef,  larded,  with  mushroom  sauce. 
Lamb  Chops,  witli  green  peas. 
Chartreuse  of  Partrid-es,  Madeira  sauce. 
Forms  of  Rice,  with  small  vegetables. 
Timbale  of  Macaroni,  Milanaise  style. 
Wild  Ducks,  with  olives. 
Breast  ff  Chickens,  truffle  sauce. 
Soft  Shell  Crabs,  fried  plain. 
Stewed  Terrapin,  American  style. 
Squabs,  braisccs,  gardener's  sauce. 
Sweetbreads,  larded,  with  string  beans. 
Fricandeau  of  Veal,  larded,  witli  small  carrots. 
Flounders,  stuffed,  with  fine  herbs. 
Reed  Birds,  Steward's  sauce. 
Broiled  Turtle  Steaks,  tomato  sauce. 
Croquettes  of  Chickens,  with  frleu  parsley. 
Tenderloin  of  Lamb,  larded,  poivra^e  sauce, 
riuvicr,  on  toast,  Italian  sauce. 


Relishes. 


Pickled  Oysters 
Spani-ih  Olives. 


Raw  Tomatoes. 

Currant  Jelly. 


Broiled  English  Snipo. 


Celery. 
Game. 
Partridges,  bread  sauce. 

VegetableH. 
Roiled  and  Mashed  Potatoes. 
Sweet  Potatoes. 
Stewed  Tomatoes.  *  ^"»» 


Apple  Pies. 


Pineapple  Pies. 


PaMry. 
Poach  Pies. 

Plum  Pics. 


Castard  Pici. 


Pumpkin  Pica. 


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Plam  Padding^. 

Fancy  Ornamrntcd   Charlotte 

Kussc. 
Marascliino  Jolly. 
Fancy  Fruit  Jelly. 
Pineapple  Salad. 
^'3atcaux  Xeapolitan  style. 
Peach  Meringues. 

Confectionery. 


Cabinet  Tuddin^'. 
Madeira  Jelly, 
Punch  Jelly. 
Fancy  Blanc  ifangc. 
Spanish  Cream. 
Swiss  Meringues. 
Champagne  Jelly. 


Meringues,  a  la  cremc,  va- 
nilla flavor. 
Rose  Almonds. 
Fancy  Lady's  Tako 
Onamented  Macaiouns. 
Mint  Cream  Candy. 
Butterflies  of  Vicuna  Cake. 
Savoy  Hiscuit, 
Variety  Glace  Fruit. 

Vamli.a  Ic 


Quince  Soufflee. 

Vanilla  Sugar  Almonds. 

Fancy  Diamond  Kisses. 

Preperved  Alnwnd  Kisses- 
Dominos  of  Biscuit. 
Fancy  Variety  Candy. 
Ivoast  Almonds. 
Conserve  Kisses. 
Chocolate  Biscuit. 

E  Cream. 


Almonds 

UaiHins 


Dcuscrt. 

'    \JT'"\        ''''""  ""''''■  «'-«-ble  Nuts. 

Hot  Ifouso  Grapes.  Citron  Melon«. 

Bartlct  Pears. 

I  COFFKB. 


Melons. 
Filberts. 


Queen  Vicloria,  of  G„«,  Britain 

J--B„cl,a„a„,P„,iaon.  of  ,„oC„i,oa  State. 
'  J-"'- ^^'^  Field,  will,  l,i«Cal,Io 

'^"'■••""""-■■"'"vea.or  of  the  Telegraph. 
I>r.  Hc.jamin  Franklin. 


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The  operative  Telegraph  of  the  Metropolitan  Hotel. 

The  Niagara  Man-of-War  of  the  United  States. 

The  Agamemnon  and  Niagara  paying  out  the  Calile. 

Cyrus  W.  Field,  surrounded  by  the  flags  of  all  nations. 

The  Coat  of  Arms  of  all  nations,  on  a  pyramid. 

Pocahontas,  with  real  American  design. 

Grand  ornamented  Fruit  Vase. 

Sugar  Tower,  with  variety  decorations. 

Fruit  Basket,  supported  by  dolphins. 

Fancy  decorated  Flower  Vase. 

Lyre,  surmoundcd  with  cornucopia  of  Flowers. 

Pyramid  of  Cracking  Bonbons. 

Sugar  Harp,  with  floral  decorations. 

Scotch  Warrior,  mount<*d. 


White  Sugar  Ornament 
Temple  of  Liberty. 
Frosting  Tower. 
Tribute  Temple. 
Ethiopian  Tower. 
Frosting  Pyramid. 
Chinese  Pavilion. 
Variety  Pyramid. 


Ornamented  Sugar  Tower. 
Temple  of  Music. 
Flower  Pyramid. 
Pagodi  Pyramid. 
Floral  Vase,  decorated. 
Mounted  Church. 
Triumphant  Temple. 
Fancy  Sugar  Temple. 
Temple  of  Art. 


The  Chair  was  occupied  by  his  Honor  Daniel  F.Tiemanii, 
Mayor  of  the  city  of  New  York.  At  his  right  sat  Cyrus 
W.  Field,  Captain  Dayman,  of  the  Gorgon  ;  3fr.  Everett, 
United  States  Navy ;  Mr.  E.  W.  Archibald,  British  Consu  ; 
Governor  King,  Archbishop  Hughes.  Rev.  Dr.  tield, 
father  of  Cyrus  W.  Field ;  Rev.  Dr.  Adams  and  Wilson  O. 


I' " )  I 


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198 

Hunt.    At  his  left  sat  Lord  Nanier  f\r,t;.u  nr-  • 
Washington;  Captain  H„.son.Trhe  Ka     fi'^'n" 
;,     -y    of  Trinity  Church;  Pete     Cn/eB^      '' 
--I.  Genera.  S„„df„.d  „„d  Lieutenant';:' f';!;'"" 

Cole,  A.  II.  Trainer    P    c    iT  /  '''  "''""'''  C- 

•tone,  of  H  B  Z  ,1'  r  "l"  '"'"■""'  "'"'  ^-  T-  King- 
Oro,;enor  and  F  pM'"''''  ^""'^  Kibblesdale,  n. 
Canada.  Hen;  To^Iiilt'  """•  '"""  ^'-  ^'-"S-  »' 
"tor.  Hon.  TeZT^'c  T™'  "•  ^-  "•  "'"" 

•on.  United  Sta.eS„t  to/^^'  ^T  '"""'  ^^  '''"^■ 
NewOrlcana  ex  GmJ  i,  /  ''"■  '"""=  '*•  ^'"■^'  <>( 
Senor  Ag "nar  Ih!    ""  T   """' "•""<=«•  "fNew  Jersey, 

Briti.hcZuTforN„rt,     tc"  '"'■    ""'""*   ^'"'^' 

British  V^e  C.lf"p    r'^'n"''  Carolina.  Mr.  Edwards. 

Captain.  Th^  S^HwIrt^i^  f  """'=-'?un^ 
andBelaventi  of  th^  Px,  "'"''*'"''''•  Sa'nieni«lr 
tion.  ■  "'  "■?  ^'^"^  Navy,  and  others  of  distinc- 

of'^ll'^ren™c;„rcH''''''' "'/""''''"-  "^  ">«  Board.     ' 
i«  the  celebration.       ^"^^  "'^  ""  ■»«.  also  participated 

«t.-.u.h  to  0.0  regretttCrtlt!'"" '■'''''«  -"■ 


ti: 


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199 

Some  of  the  letters  of  regret,  most  aptly  expressing  the 
feelings  animating  the  community,  and  the  unanimity  of 
appreciation  on  the  part  of  the  representatives  of  other 
"     nations  upon  this  occasion,  are  herewith  submitted. 

[From  His  Excellency  James  Buchanan,  President  of  the 

United  States.] 

"  o 

"WAsniNOTON,  August  28,  1868. 
My  Dear  Sir — I  have  been  honored  by  the  verj'  kind 
invitation  of  the  Mayor  and  Common  Council  of  the  city 
of  New  York  to  be  present  at  the  festivities  to  take  place 
on  the^lst  proximo,  and  at  the  municipal  dinner  to  be 
given  on  the  2d,  in  celebration  of  the  successful  laying  of 
the  Atlantic  Telegraph  Cable. 

I  cordially  reciprocate  their  congratulations  upon  the 
success  of  this  wonderful  enterprise.  It  is  the  miracle  of 
this  age  of  miracles.  From  the  very  beginning,  my  sym- 
pathies were  warmly  enlisted  in  its  favor,  and  my  faith 
was  strong  on  its  eventual  success.  Mr.  Field  inspired  me 
-^  with  a  portion  of  his  own  ardent  spirit  in  the  cause. 
'  Science  taught  us  that  it  was  possible ;  and  this  being  the 
case,  Iknewthat  what  was  possible,  would  be,  at  last,  ac- 
complished by  the  united  skill,  energy  and  persev.rance  of 
Englishmen  and  America^  J.  May  it  prove  a  bond  of  per- 
petual friendship  between  the  kindred  nations! 

No  man  can  anticipate  what  will  be  itt  Dflbct-  upon  the 
peop!.  of  the  two  nations  and  upon  the  world.  Like  all 
great  and  novel  enterprises  it  may,  in  the  commencement, 
have  some  drawKn.cks.  I  am  Hrm,  however,  m  the  faith 
that  80  mighty  an  agent  for  the  extension  of  commerce  be- 


x-..^ 


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soo 

♦■•■een  the  nahons  of  the  earth  .„j  c 
"ni.a  of  the  world  i„  one  vlt  b' ^h    /^"^  Promoting  the 
.n  .ver-™,i„,  P-ideneeTo  eo       tl:;,*'/'"^^  "^ 
benem.  .„  .,,  „.„ki„,.     i^^^  „^  then  rS'       "^  °"'' 

«f  uniting  Jith  „y  fe.    ™  nrN^V 'r  """''«' 
mmoratingthi,  great  event.  ^'"''  '"  «»- 

Youre,  very  respectfully, 


lFrome,.Pre«dentMxBT«V.xB.«EKO 

D"«  S:a-I  have  tTr"""'  '^"«"'" '"''  '*'«• 
'hwugh  yon.  the  con  Jf„.  "'*"'"»««on  to  receive, 

-on C„icir„f  tL  S: ft'^Y  "l""^  "''^''' ""«  <^- 
wmpletion  of  the  attem„>T^  "P°"  *''«  '""earful 

Cjb.e.  I  beg  you  to'^r  the^'tha:f' """  ™*«"'"' 
"W  hear,  the  feeling.  .^^'-f^^Wo-te.  -Uh 

«.^«';::i:b7;re'::  I'r*'  '""^ "-'"  ■•  -  -^ 

fc-ciblytotheheartaand  J  ,/''"''*"  "'™«elve.  too 
*•  »e.T.  it  in  the  po^e,  of  A  /^  ""' ""» '"«'  «"<'  ""-k. 
or  thankfulne,.  fo,  it,  „!*  ""'/^  *»  '""«<»«  their  reapect 
.ulogy.  ""eompluhoent.  It  speak,  i,.  Ln 

*  '"••  *'*»"gl>  the  aame  chu. 


201 


nel,  done  me  the  honor  to  invite  me  to  attend  the  feativi- 
ties  that  are  to  take  place,  by  their  authority,  in  com- 
memoration of  the  event ;  including  a  municipal  dinner  to 
be  given  to  Mr.  Field,  and  to  the  officers  of  II.  B.  M.  Steam* 
ship  Gorgon  and  the  U.  S.  Steamer  Niagara. 

Concurring  very  fully  with  the  Common  Council  in 
their  appreciation  of  the  meritorious  services  of  the  re- 
cipients of  their  favorable  notice,  it  would  give  me  much 
pleasure  to  take  part  in  a  festival  designed  to  do  them 
honor  ;  but  I  regret  to  say  that  I  am  conslraineu  to  deny 
myself  that  gratification.  Those  who  hare  contributed  to 
the  accomplishment  of  this  great  object,  whether  through 
scientific  improvements,  or  by  their  persevering  efforts  in 
the  successful  application  of  them,  are  justly  entitled  to 
the  respect  and  gratitude  of  mankind ;  and  tho  Common 
Council  do  themsdves  much  honor  In  bestowing  testimo- 
nials of  theirs,  as  far  as  they  have  fsund  it  practicable,  upon 
those  who  have  assisted  in  the  advancement  of  this  great 
work. 

Please,  sir,  to  present  to  His  Honor  the  Mayor,  and  to 
the  Honorable  Councjl  my  respectful  acknowledgments 
for  this  proof  of  their  regard,  and  believe  me, 

Very  respectfully,  your  obedient  servant, 

M.  VAN  BlJREN. 

Thomas  McSpedon,  Esq., 

Chairman,  ^c. 


[From  the  Hon.  Lewis  Cass,  Secretary  of  State.] 

Washington,  August  28, 1868. 

8m-You  will  obligfe  me  by  tenderii:g  to  the  Joint 


^11 

■    '  lit  '  'l| 

<    i  !  '1     ! 
k  -  : ;     '■ 

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202 

Telegraph;  an  event  „hichc„tLT^  °^  ""'  ^"»"«<= 
un.verBal  admiration  of, he  L''"  "  ">";(,,  the 
^^  you  upon  that  inils^Z"  ■'''''^'''-    '  '»""<"  ^ 
tajned  hore  byn,y  p„blic  d  t"f  .r  T'  'T  '  """'  '"'  <<- 
Wly  participate  in  all  those  .  '  ,    ' '""""S'' *'''™'.  I 'M 
-d  of  hope  which  the  fZ„2     '"''  "'  "»"»'>''■  Pri-le 
great  enterprise  i,  ao  well  c   c„tte°d  7'"'''''''''"™'  "<'  '^" 
Wi.h  great  respect        ''""<="'-• 
i  am,  sir, 

Your  obedient  servant, 
Thomas  McSpedok,  Esq.,  ^^^^^  CI^SS. 

Chairman,  ^t. 


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^"'^""""•""r"— yofthe.re.sn,, 

congratulation.  ,f  ^.^  Jj^L^d  r*"""^  "^''P"«'«  *- 
o'ty  rf  Kew  York  "^pr.h,    ^"^"""^  Council  of  the 

Atl.n„c  Telegraph  cabfe"  Whirr"''"'  '»^'"S  of  the 
have  cora™„„ie„'tej  to  1;  "'•  ''^  *''«'  Erection,  you 

^■•t  *h^«cti,Z!rf\h"l -ftl  '"S^So^-ent.  will  pre- 
Propo-d  ••  festiritie.,..  on  ^  " ''^  »  »»  "o  P«.ent  atlhe 

"-difficulttoreaU.  '•'''"^""^"'«'- 

-•-*'"•"'•' thi.  eitr.ordin«7 


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enterprise  has  been  crowned  with  success.  Reflections 
upon  the  progress  of  science  and  the  energy  of  man 
fail  to  satisfy  and  quiet  the  mind  startled  by  the  contem- 
plation of  this  wonderful  result. 

•  In  the  wisdom  and  power  of  God  alone  we  read  "a  solu- 
tion of  what,  in  any  other  view,  would  be  incompre- 
hensible. 

Let  us,  then,  do  honor  to  the  men  whose  science  ant3 
energy,  under  the  guidance  of  Providence,  have  thusmarked 
the  time  in  which  we  live  as  an  era  in  the  history  of  the 
world's  progress. 

All  speculation  is  at  fault  in  anticipating  the  ultimate 
results  which  may  flow  from  the  success  of  this  enterprise. 
Time  alone  can  develop  them. 

I  am,  very  respectfully. 

Your  obedient  servant, 

HOWELL  COBB, 
Secretary  of  the  Treasury » 
Thomas  McSpedon,  Esq., 

Chairman,  (Jc,  New  York  City. 


[From  the  Hon.  J.  Thompson,  Secretary  of  the  Interior.] 

Depabtment  of  the  Intebiob, 

Washinqton,  Aug.  30, 1868. 

Sib— Nothing  but  he  imperative  demands  of  pubUc 
business  would  prevent  my  acceptance  of  your  kind  invi- 
tation to  join  the  Mayor  and  Common  Council  in  the  fei- 


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tiTitc  to  tako  plaro  "ii,  commemoration  of  the  Buccessful 
laying  of  the  Atlantic  Tclcfiraph  Cable,"  on  the  let  prox  • 
«.«.  at  the  .nunicipal  dinner  to  be  given  at  the  JW 
I»lit-..i  ilotol  on  the  evening  of  tlie  2(i. 

1  .hould  do  myaelf  injustice  to  deny  my  earneat  desire 
to  bo  with  you,  to  cxpre,,  my  gratiHcation  at  an  event  so 
important  ,0  wonderful,  and  .0  unexpected,  even  by  the 
n.0,  hopeful  and  intelligent.  But  the  work,  whici:  is  to 
mark  and  d.stmguish  the  age  in  which  we  live,  is  accom- 
pluihed,  and  those  who  performed  it  richly  merit  the  con- 
^d  n.,^n  and  d.stmction  which  the  Mayor  and  Common 
a.«ac.lo    your  city  ,0  cheerfully  and  ,0  justly  accord 

hli;.  Tu  7  ^^'^'-  ""^  "'"  '«"*'>'  "Cknowledge, 

woriSTVl";  '""  ''""'  8""""'  <■»'"•     The  civilil^ 
worid  w,ll  be  elee  rified   and.  leaving  the  dead  past  to 

bury  ,t,  dead,  will  awaken  to  new  enterprises  of  "  vast 
p.  h  and  moment/-  by  which  the  triumph;  of  peace  and 

coBtcmptible  the  achievemcnta  of  arms. 

thelir"'  T."""^  ""  ''""'  """^"'^  "'«"'  deli-""*  by 
the  rapid  c.rculat.dn.  along  this  great  artery,  of  the  reli- 

civili«d  nation.  .o"™uL         """'  ""'"  8'™"  '"  »" 

•»<»  U»t,  han^forth  7k       """'  "8°'""  ^''"'"°°  "■«"• 
*„,«        ""Wtorth,  tho  engine,  of  war  for  man',  de- 

-ruc^-hould  be  «.,p,oyed  only  .g.i„.e  .^o  heathen  «.d 


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205 

The  completion  of  the  magnificent  fortress  at  Cherbourg 
is  an  event  which  belongs  to  a  barbaric  age.  Henceforth, 
the  kingdoms  of  the  earth  must  learn  righteousness  and  do 
justice.  Henceforth,  the  wrongs  which  the  weakest  peo- 
ple shall  Bufter  will  touch  a  chord,  whi^'.,  with  the  light- 
ning's flash,  will  vibrate  through  the  worid.  Let  us,  then, 
rejoice  and  make  glad,  for  a  truly  great  and  wonderful 
work  has  been  accomplished  in  this  bilr  day. 

I  regret  that  I  cannot  be  personally  with  you. 
With  high  regard. 

Your  obedient  servant, 


J.  THOMPSON. 


To  Thomas  McSpedon, 

Chairman,  ^t. 


[From  the  Hon.  A.  V.  Brown,  rostmaster-General] 

Washinqton,  September  1, 136S. 

To  the  Common  Council  of  the  City  of  New  York : 

Gentlemen-I  am  not  sure  that  you  ought  to  have  in- 
vited  a  Postmaster-General  to  be  present  at  your  great 
celebration.  The  event  you  commemorate  ^^f^  «'"P^*- 
ically  smashes  up  his  old  stages,  runs  his  cars  of  «e  tra«. 
and  plays  the  mischief  with  his  post-office  establishment 

generally. 

I  remember  when  the  firet  .teamboat  nuid.  '<•  "PPT 
UMO  on  one  of  our  western  riven.  Before  "•• /^ 
onr  trade  and  commerce  were  with  New  Orl«u».  by  flat- 


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boats,  commonlv  called  «•  Broad  hoin«."    When  tho  r. 

or  or  the  nuu  'o,uu^:[z:::l'^:.XTz  Ti- 

r-odoo  and  wXr SrC't";  ''"^"^" 
pUc.tcd."  "^  Department  as  "  seriously  iin- 

«»«>ti«l  to  all  the  treat T-  ..  °"  Department  wa, 
kind,  but  now  hoXd  th»  ^n"""'  ~"'"""  "^ ">«■>- 
♦»"»  mighty  lltl        ""t'^*  =  "ngratulation.  be- 

--!  fly  with  the  4,  dX  of  ittl'""'"''  "  J"*'*"''^ 
•»">  Md  contempt.  Po"-offi«>  "rangement.  with 

"•body  «„«  h,„  .lowt,  tll.M       "Y  "  '"''  •«••  '"-^ 
•"•If  .f  th.  ba.i„e«.  af^e^rt     ^"^^  '"^  ''''«"  ««  •«• 


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207 

Pardon  me,  gentlemen,  for  this  ajiparent  trifling  witli  a 
ereat  subject.  It  is  some  little  relief  to  the  mind  from 
that  intense  feeling  of  exultation  and  joy  which  success  in 
laying  the  Cable  has  everywhere  inspired.  Time,  space 
and  the  ocean  have  been  subdued.  Three  great  American 
names,  Franklin,  Morse  and  Field,  stand  identified  with 
the  noble  work.  May  its  blessings  to  mankind  be  com- 
mensurate with  the  grandeur  of  their  achievement  and  the 
immortality  of  their  fame. 

Verv  hastily,  your  obedient  serv  nt, 

AARON  V.  BROWN. 


[From  His  Excellenc>  N.  P.  Bank$,  Governor  of  Massa- 
chusetts.] 

Commonwealth  op  Massachusetts,     ) 
Executive  Department,  Council  Chamber,  > 

Boston,  Sepi  1, 1859. 

Gentlemen— I  have  the  honor  to  acknowledge  the 
receipt  of  your  kind  invitation  to  a  seat  at  the  municipal 
dinner,  giv^n  to  Cyrus  \V.  Field,  Esq.,  end  the  officers  of 
the  ship  Gorgon  and  the  frigate  Niagara,  "  in  commemora- 
tion of  the  laying  of  the  Aflantic  Cable."  Imperative 
official  duties  will  deprive  me  of  the  pleasure  of  meeting 
you;  but  I  cannot  withhold  an  expression  of  my  own 
grateful  feelings,  which  I  am  sure  will  mingle  with  your 
more  general  joy,  for  the  success  of  the  great  work  you 
celebrate. 

It  is  perhaps  impossible  for  m  exactly  to  measure  the 
influences  which  instant  communication  between  t&e  l^uro- 
peau  and  American- continents  will  work  upon  the  mduin 
trial  interests  of  our  country.  All  the  great  mrent^^  and 
discoveries  of  the  last  three  centuries  have  contributed 


SOS 

iocloulably  t.  tl,c  clev.tioa  of  indu.trial  pu»uiU     TK 
b.»o  onlarg-d  tho  rcourccs  of  men  and  cnaWed  t'h^     7 
.upply    their    con.,anely    increasing    'anL       „      ""  '" 
k«p.  pace  with  material  pro,,penty  a„d  t.^;  ,      ,      ""^ 
of  great  truth,  in  the  material  .vlu  '""""""P-'ent 

"diroctly  to  tho  eoua  i.v    ^  ''  '"'""  '"  ^"'^''•"0 

h«n,a«  family  a,  the  htle  f  "^  ""^  "'"  """■"-  «f  "•« 
gorernment/  I  U  h«'b  ^^T^""  '"  '"'"'""""^  «f 

thiMhegreatetra"  %te';:w::r  "r"  '' '" 
•od  oceanic  tolecraDh  i,  TJT  °"  'nternational 

"..nopoly  of  indifiZV  r  a  :  ;'t:o'""T  "  ^""^ 
depen,le„t  colonica  and  .ontro  11  „:  ''  "'"'  ''""• 

•like,  tho  world  over  in  Tad  f  """P"*"''  '""'*  ''"''<= 
the  deatruction  of  tje  ::  Sl^f^./J  ^'"'  '-'  '» 
ment^  which  ia  barbarism  ,„^  ,<•,""  '"  S>»'«">- 
friendly  inte«our,e.  wS  a  civH'    :'"'"  '""^""'  ""^ 

««»«ftheright.ofa7me„  ofT  ""'  "•  "'"  ""S"'- 
•nd  truth,  of  the  I.waof  1    ,  "'I'^<""»<^y  »f  intellect 

p«hen.io;  of  he  tilt  ::'r: "  r" "' '» "j-'  ■=- 

Ood.  which  i,  religion  '°  '*'='•  """'■•  »"''  *» 

--r:  :;:racr„r-  r;;-  -^'^^  --  -• 

•ten.  duty  forbid*  but  I  cT       ''^"'y  >'"  ?»»  did  not 
tut  rtont  in  honor  of  th.  ,  ■ ""  °    '"'""  '""''»•  •"''""e  "•<' 

i.  «i«d.  .  .emelbl'c:  If  Z   u  ^ ^'^  ""'' '"»"'-' 
«»T»  to  tlio  world  Plus.,  .„  «    °      Commonwealth  that 

•~P^"''"y'y«"  obedient  aervaut. 
Tooiu.McSPEDoN.Bm     ^'^'^'''^^'"'-'' P- BANKS.     . 


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[From    His  Excellency   E.    Dykr,   Governor    of  Klio«lo 

Island.] 

State  of  Rhode  Island  axd  Providentk  ) 
Plantations:  Executive  Dei'autmknt.  > 

Provipence,  August  29,  1S5S. 
Gentlemen— The  Annual  Conimenccinent  of  our  Utiivrr- 
sity,  on  the  Ist  of  September  (and  at  wliich  the  Executive 
of  the  State  is  expected  to  be  present),  and  an  engagement 
at  a  Sabbath  School  Anniversary  on  the  following  day,  must 
deprive  me  of  the  pleasure  of  joining  in  the  .  )ngratulntion8 
of  my  fellow-citizens  upon  the  success  of  the  Atlantic 
Cable,  at  the  "  municipal  dinner"  to  which  you  have  hon- 
ored me  by  your  invitation  of  the  2.5th  inst 

If  present,  I  should  propose  this  sentimcni :  ♦•The 
Atlantic  Cable— In  its  annihilation  of  time  and  distance 
between  the  Old  and  New  World,  may  it  become  the 
perpetual  bond  of  universal  peace  and  fraternity." 

Very  respectfullv,  yours, 

^LISIIA  DYER. 
To  Messrs.  Tnos.  McSrEDON,  Chaiman,  and  C.  T.  Mr- 
Clenachan,  Stc'y,  Board  of  Councilmn,  New  York. 


[From  His  Excellency  S.  P.  Chase,  Governor  of  Ohio.] 
State  of  Ohio,  Executive  Department. 
CoLUMnus,  August  31, 1S5S. 
Dear  Sm-Nothi    •  could  be  more  gratifying  to  mo  than 
to  participate  with  the  citizens  of  New  York  m  the  cele- 
bration of  the  greatest  event  of  our  day.    I  deeply  regret 
that  it  is  impossible. 
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It  well  become,  the  great  ennimercial  empori,,,,,  of  ti.e 
Union  to  take  .1,0  lea.I  in  the  oelel,r„.i„„  of  „„  ev,.„t  „ 
au.p,.,„„,  ,0  c„™„eree.  New  York  „„.y  be  justly  prc,„| 
that  the  r„ece„ful  aceomplish.uent  of  the  great  work  is 
dn.  „a.nlj.  to  the  intelligent  ene.gy  and  L  ..nne'o, le 
per«ver«nee  of  one  of  her  own  .nerchants.  As  ci/i.en  Tf 
the  .an,e  great  republie,  we.  in  Oh.o,  partake  her     ;  Z, 

n^ean.,  hat  a  Mau.t  exp,,  .  ,1  ,he  way,  and  that  a  F.no 
.eh,eved  the  work  of  uniting  the  Old  World  and  t U  New 
by  these  wondrous  electrie  sy.npat'.ies.  And  we  t"rust 
hat  what  ha,  been  done  „,ay  but  prelude  greater  tlil 
t^^he  aud  that  ,he  vast  seheu.e  of  intercon^tinenta  Z 

vhil!'we  ve  T-  ^        .      """''  '""^  ''«  <="»»"«>">ated 
we  «e  jet  live,  am,d   rejoieings,  following  the  flash 
.nd^ha,„„g  before  the  s, round  the  world.    So  nit 

With  preat  respect,  yours  truly, 
r^  rr  „  S.  P.  CHASE. 

1 0    I  II0MA8  McSpeDON    Fan      rk    ■ 

common  Council  of  New  York. 


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[From  Hig  KxcclKncv  A  P    w,,,. 

'cy  -ft.  1 .  WiLLARD,  Governor  of  In- 
diana.] 

D.«  S,H-I  reeeived  ri""^:  """"''  ''•  ''''■  ^ 

Joint  Co^nnttee  of    h,  ZZT     T'''  ""''  "'""^ 

^""""O"  Council  of  the  city  of 


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New  York,  to  be  present  at  the  municipal  dinticr  to  be 
given  on  the  2J  of  September,  to  connnemorftte  the  siiccesa- 
ful  laying  of  the  Atlantic  Cable. 

I  regret  that  circumstances  forbid  my  attendance.  But 
allow  me  tc  join  with  you  in  congratulating  all,  that  every 
day  of  peace  increases  the  success  of  science  and  enlarges 
the  hope  of  the  philanthropist,  that  all  civilized  and  Chris- 
tian people  will  at  length  find  their  greatest  interest  and 
happiness  in  cultivating  friendly,  financial  and  commercial 

relctions. 

Most  respectfully, 

ASH  BEL  P.  WILLARD. 

Thos.  McSpedon, 

Chairman,  New  York. 


[From  His  Excellency  R.  M.  Stewart,  Governor  of  Mis- 
souri.] 

Executive  Department,        > 
City  oV  Jefferson,  August  30,  1858.  > 

C.  T.  McClenaciian,  Esq. : 

Dear  Sir— Your  letter,  dated  August  26th,  written  in 
behalf  of  the  Joint  Committee  of  the  Common  Council  of 
the  city  of  New  York,  inviting  me  to  be  present  at  the 
municipal  dinner  to  be  given  on  the  evening  of  Scptomber 
2d.  at  the  Metropolitan  Hotel,  in  celebration  of  the  iaymg 
of  the  Atlantic  Telegraphic  Cable,  has  just  come  to  hanrt. 

I  regret  that  official  duties  must  nece«»rily  prevent  my 
attempting  to  complying  with  said  invitation,  even  ,f  it 
were  possible  to  reach  your  city  io  wason.    Fcelmg 


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deep  interest  in  whatever  tenuis  to  characterize  this  as  a 
truly  progressive  age,  an.l  ready  oi.  all  occasions  to  enconr 
age  any  enterprise  calcuhited  to  facilitate  the  frini.ilv 
intercourse  of  the  human  family,  or  to  promote  the  grea't 
interests  of  co.nmerce  (with  which  all  others  are  infr 
woven),  the  event  you  celebrate  elicits  my  wannest  sym- 
pathies, and  were  it  in  njy  power  it  would  atford  me  -leat 
pleasure  to  participate  in  the  festivities  of  the  occasion. 

The  interoceanic  telegraphic  communication  betwe-M, 
the  two  great  continents,  is  an  epoch  in  the  history  of  the 
world,  winch  is  fraught  with  results  too  great  to  be  now 
conceived  by  the  human  mind. 

Again  expressing  my  regrets  that  it  is  impossible  for 
me  o  be  present  at  the  festive  imard  to  which  you  have 
invited  me  as  the  Chief  E.xecutive  of  Missouri-tn.  -^^cat 
central  State  of  the  An.erican  Union,  and  ultimate!  v.  in  my 
humble  opimon,  to  be  the  great  commercial  hearl  of  the 
Amencan  continent;  and  reassuring  you  that  nothing 
would  afford  me  greater  pleasure  than  to  join  you  in  th^ 
celebration  of  an  event  which  must  so  quicken  the  pulsa- 

texture  of  the  great  family  of  man  that  it  must  ultimatel v. 

h«te„1r/    ?  '"""''  "^*'«"«  °^  ^-rt^.  «"d  rapidly 

I  dlhlr^f "     '''  '"''^''^  ^'^'^^^  '  ^^S  'o  assure  vou. 
.nd  those  whom  you  represent,  of  my  high  esteem.     ' 

Very  truly,  yours, 

K.  M.  STEWART. 


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[From  His  Excellency  H.  II.  Sibley,  (loviMnor  of  Min- 
nesota.] 

State  of  Minnesota,  Executive  Offick,     ) 
Saint  Paul,  ) 

August  31,  1S58. 
Thomas  McSpedon,  Esq., 

Chairman  Joint  Com.  Common  Council,  S.  Y.  Citij. 
Dear  Sir — I  have  the  honor  to  acknowledge  receipt  of 
vour  favor  of  the  2.5th  instant,  in  which  the  congratula- 
tions of  the  Joint  Committee  are  extended  to  the  Oover 
nor  of  Minnesota,  on  the  successful  laying  of  the  Atlantic 
Telegraph  Cable,  and  requesting  him  to  attend  the  mu- 
nicipal dinner,  to  be  given  at  the  Metropolitan  Hotel,  in 
New  York  city,  on  2d  September  next. 

It  being  impossible  for  me  to  participate  in  your  festivi- 
ties, it  only  remain   for  me  to  express  my  obligations  for 
your  courtesy,  and  to  assure  you  that   the  event   you 
ai.  about  to  celebrate  in  your  great  city  is  hailed  with  as 
much  interest  and  delight  by  the  people  of  Alinnesota  as 
by  those  of  any  portion  of  the  country.     Our  capital, 
St.  Paul,  ^ill  to-morrow  be  the   scene    of  ceremuu.cs 
and  rejoicing  in  honor  of  the  successful  umon  of  Luropc 
.d  America  by  telegraph.    I  tender  you  my  thanks   o 
your  generous  invitation,  and,  on  the  part  o^  -^  y«"*»^^"» 
Statef  I    cordially    reciprocate  tl-  -ngratula  .oo.  you 
have  been  kind  enough  to  tender  to  her  Ch.ef  Mug.strat... 
on  her  behalf. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be, 

Very  respectfully, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

HENRY  H.  SIBLEY. 


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[Kro™  Ilia  Excellency  T„oma,  Bh^oo,  Governor  „fN„„,, 

Carolina.] 

^ALEion,  Aueust  28  iS'iQ 
Mv  De,k  S,r_I  h=«l  the  honor  ,o  receive  1 
wg.  your  invitation,  in  bel.alf  of  the  JoTnT  r  '"" 

the  Connnon  Council  of  the  ci  J  tfVeT'y^  ^l^^^'-of 
bratmg  the  laying  „f  the  Atlantic  Cable  To  til  .  , 

eie^rro::a:::f;iS,:; ::'-  ^''".r-  ^- 

tbat  I  -nofU!e:tn:yT:C/-,^7r  r 
very  reluctantly,  decline  tlJinritltC  '  ""''""• 

With  ..ncere  thanks  for  the  attention, 

I  am, 
Most  reai,ectfully  and  truly,  y„„„, 

TnoHAs  McSptoo!..  Esq.  THOMAS  BRAGG 


[Prom  n,.  Excellency  R.  p.  ^.  ^ 

South  Caroling]         "'  '^°™"""  "^ 

^  The  Qovemor  of  South  Car„r  '^'"™''"  ''  "''•  ^ 
U>e  icntiment  of  con«ratul,H         *  P"""P*^y  feciprocates 
^iftionofth.  Joint  S«.i"  :;"^>^'  ■"  *'■«  Po'i'o  in- 

Hiee  01  the  Common  Council  of 


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New  York,  on  the  occasion  of  the  completion  of  the  At- 
lantic Telegraph,  the  latest  and  nohlost  application  of 
Morse's  happy  invention.  May  this  great  work  insure 
" peace  on  earth  and  good-Mill  to  man "  from  his  hrothcr. 
Its  success,  so  far,  is  unmistakahle  evidence  of  good-will 
from  our  conmion  Father. 

As  the  .^reat  centre  of  commerce  in  America  will  be 
benefited  in  the  greatest  degree  by  the  new  and  wonder- 
ful facility  of  inter-communication  with  Kirropo,  so  will 
her  responsibility  he  increased  to  ji  -eserve  that  peace  and 
good-will,  to  furnish  to  the  world  examples  only  of  integ- 
rity and  conscientious  dealing.  ♦'  To  whom  much  is  given, 
of  him  shall  much  be  required." 

Having  been  engaged  for  a  month  in  a  military  tour 
through  the  Fifth  Division  of  the  State,  your  letter  did  not 
reach  the  Governor  until  yesterday. 

It  is  not  doubted  that  the  celebration  has  been  one 
worthy  of  all  concerned  in  the  stupendous  eflbrt— alike 
honorable  and  satisfactory  to  the  heart  of  the  finaacial 
system  of  America  which  animates  you. 

Very  respectfully, 

R.  F.  W.  ALLSTON. 

To  the  Joint  Committee  on  Celebration  of  the 

Common  Council  of  the  City  of  New  York. 

[From   his   Excellency  Sir  Edmund  Head,  Governor  of 

Canada.] 
Toronto,  August  23,  1S5S. 
To  Thomas  McSpeu.v,  Chairman,  .]t.,  Citj  oj  Ac«'  l«r  ; 
I  beg  to  thank  the  Comn.ittee  of  the  Council  of  New 


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Vork  for  their  courteous  invitation,  an.l  regret  that  pubhc 
•luty  prevents  mc  aecepting  of  it. 

KDMUXD  IIKAD. 


[From   Ilis  Excellency  A.  Banxermax,  Governor  ..f 
NewfountllanJ.] 
St.  John's,  X.  F.,  August  2S,  iSo^, 
Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Cchhratiov,  Nnr  Yor/,-  : 

S.K-The  Governor  of  Newfoundland  feels  „,udi  prati- 
ned  by  the  uu .ration  with  which  he  has  been  honored  bv 
the  Common  Council  of  New  York,  to  br  pn-sent  at  t!.; 
festival  to  be  held  in  that  city,  early  in  Septnnber,  to 
celebrate  an  event  which  has  been  brought  to  a  sueccssful 
aud  happy  ,s8ue  by  the  united  efforts  of  American  citizen. 
and  Hntish  subjects. 

Although  ,he  Governor  is  not  allowed  to  leave  th.. 
Colony  wu  out  pennission  fron.  home,  on  an  occasion  lik. 
..she  w<.uld  have  visited  New  York  at  all  hazard.,  bur 
the  Adn.nal  Comn,ander  on  this  station  having  uuimated 
a  v.H,t  here,  the  Governor  can  only  return  his  thanks  to 
the  Common  Cbuncil  of  New  York,  and  beg  they  will 
accept  the  assurance  of  his  regards  and  sincere  wishes  that 
our  respoct.ve  nations  may  ever  continue  to  live  in  the 
l»onds  of  good-will,  friendship  and  peace. 

A.  kannp:rman. 

Governor,  ijf. 

[From  His  \Vor8hip  the  Mayor  of  QrrnFc] 

City  Hall,  Qlichec, 

30th  August,  ISoS. 
regrets  that  official 


The  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Quebec 


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business  prevents  his  being  able  to  comply  with  tho  kiml 
invitation  of  His  Worship  t'^e  Mayor  aiul  the  Cotnuion 
:^  Council  of  the  city  of  New  York,  to  bo  present  at  tho 
parade  and  festivities  to  take  place  at  the  Crystal  Palace, 
and  at  the  municipal  dinner  to  he  given  at  the  Metropoli- 
tan Hotel.  I 

The  Mayor  of  the  city  of  ^  ~'^ec  takes  this  opport unity 
of  accepting  the  congratulations  of  His  Worship  the  Mayor 
of  *he  city  of  New  Yor!  the  occasion  of  the  sncccKsful 
laying  of  the  Atlantic  Cable,  and  hopes  that  that  metallic 
cable  will  unite  mor<^  and  more  two  great  pcoph'  whose 
common  origin  seems  to  have  prcparet'  r  them  one  com- 
mon life  one  common  glory. 

HECTOR  L.  LANGAIM, 

Mayor. 


1--  . 


[From  His 


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the  Mayor  of  Hamilton,  C.  W.] 
'Hamilton,  SOth  August,  1858. 
To  Thomas  McSfedon,  Esq.,  Chairman  of  tL  .'^iat  Com- 
mince  of  Common  Council  on  CeUbration,  Nctv  York: 
SiR-I  have  the  honor  to  acknowledge  the  coi^S^Uih- 
tions  of  the  Mayor  and  Common  Council  of  the  c.ty  oi 
New  York,  occasioned  by  the  successful  comple*'  :  ol  tne 
Atlantic  Telegraph,  also  the  receipt  of  their  '^^-^^^J^. 
tion  to  attend  the  celebration  of  the  greatest  e^^nt  o    he 
age  ;  and  I  beg  to  say,  in  reply  for  the  Common  Com  c 
of  the  city  of  Hamilton  and  myself,  that  they  v.e.. 
the  liveliest  interest  the  consummation  of  a  work  ..h.ch 
stands  iathe  triumphs  of  science. 


SIS 

l8incorolyrog,otmy  inability  to  becon.o  a  nartici.nnt 
m  the  festivities  of  the  occasi.,n.  ^  a"'cipant 

I  liave  the  lioiior  to  remain,  sir, 

Yours,  obediently. 

GEO.  H.  MILLS, 

^I'lijor  of  IlamUton. 

[From  Kear-AOniiral  Sir  IFolsto.v  Stkw.kt,  li.  X.J 

P   T   \f.,ri  If'W^IKAX,  August  U,  1^.19 

C.  T.  McClenaciiax,  .S'.r;r^/,-y,  ,5-,  .        ^  '       '"• 

t;.ecolcbrati„„of  thatL«t,,d  ,1,  ■  ''™°"*  °' 

mcnt  which  1„„  i„st  h  ""I'ortant  acl.icvc- 

elsewhere.  demanding  my  presence 

CapU.i„   !)«,..'.  if„X":tr' .'"  '"'^'  "•"^-  """ 
order..    I  1,„,,-.  „„  5"'-'"""8'-    He   is  i,„t   „„dor  my 

*o  ha.  •  J;:::i::r:r;^rir.:d""'f « ''^'"-"•• 

l>«  mu-    be  g„idcd.  Admmilty,  by  which 

.lutTelre"  rr  7  «™'''""'  -''"-vlc.dg,„e.,a  to 
n-y  cor..ial  goo'lh  ,  r    "',"'""  """"'''''  '"S^'^or  with 

cmctlyhop       '„  1"".'T"'»™'"  «''  -ent  which,  I 

•-Lmtcd  States  a„d  Great  Ilritain. 

HOUSTON  STEWAUT. 


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[From  His  Excellency  Baron  Osten  Sacken,  of  Russia.] 

Legation  of  Russia,         ) 
Washington,  August  30,  1&5S.  \ 

To  the  Mayor  and  Common  Council  of  the  city  of  New  YorJc : 
Gentlemen — His  Excellency  Mr.  Sioeckl  having  sailed 
lately  for  Europe,  I  will  not  fail  to  inform  him  of  your 
kind  invitation  to  assist  at  the  celebration  '>f  the  successful 
laying  of  the  Telegraph  Cable. 

I  feel  confident  that,  although  absent,  Mr.  Stoeckl  will 
feel  grateful  for  this  attention  of  the  city  authorities  of 
New  York,  and  will  heartily  join  them  in  their  wishes  that 
this  great  enterprise,  now  successfully  achieved,  might 
prove  useful  towards  the  promotion  of  the  common  wel- 
fare and  the  peace  of  nations. 
I  have  the  honor  to  be. 

Your  most  obedient  servant, 

BARON  OSTEN  SACKEN, 

Charge  d'Affairct. 


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[From  His  Excellency  Count  Sartioes,  Charg<5  d'Afluircs 

of  France.] 
Newport,  R.  I.,  Soptemb?r  1, 1868. 
To  the  Common  Council  of  the  city  of  Sew  York : 

I  regret  very  much  that  a  severe  indisposition  prevents 
me  from  accepting  your  invitation  to  dinner  for  to-morrow 
evening. 

I  beg  you  to  accept  my  most  sincere  congratulations 
upon  the  successful  laying  of  the  Transatlantic  Cable. 
I  may  add,  with  confidence,  the  most  cordial  congratula- 


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tions  of  the  Emperor  and  of  the  whol,.   French  nui.,„ 
upon  this  new  hinihng  of  Kuiope  to  America. 

COUNT  SARTIOKS. 


[I-Voin  the  Austrian  Consul  General,  C.  F.  Looskv,  Es,,.] 

K.  K.  a-:sTKKKi:icHiscin:s  Gexi:kal  CN.xsrr.AT, ) 
hKW  YoKK,  :;>d  September,  IS.5^.  5 
Gentm.:mkx-I  have  the  honor  to  acknowledge  the 
»v.-e.pt  of  your  highly  esteemed  invitation  to  att.-nd  upon 
the  celebration  of  the  laying  of  the  Atlantic  Table,  and 
regn-t  exceedingly  that  indisposition  prevents  n.e  from 
•Y^Ksting  at  this  memorable  event,  which,  by  the  blessinjrs 
IMS  destined  to  confer  upon  mankind,  will  stand  out  hi 
bold  relief  n.  the  annals  of  the  history  of  the  world  for 
ages  to  con»e. 

I  beg  you  to  accept  my  most  sincere  thanks  for  your 
kind  attention,  and.  reiterating  my  expressions  of  regret,  I 
Imve  the  honor  to  subscribe  myself,  gentlemen, 

Your  most  obedient  servant, 

CIIAIiLES  F.  LOO^EY, 

«...  ,,  „  Austrian  Consul- General. 

IIIOMAS  McSi'EDOx,  Esq., 

Chairman  of  the  Joint  Committee  of  the  Common  Council. 
C.  T.  McClexachax, 

Sicretnnj. 


[From  Ills  Excellency  G.  G.  Tassaka.  Min 

c,„     ,  ,.    ^'•^^v  York,  September  LMSoS. 

S.K-I  came  to  th.«  city  with  the  earnest  desire  of 


ister  from  Spain.] 
join- 


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in«T  in  the  celebration  of  the  successful  laviui'  of  the  Atlaii- 
tic  Cable,  to  which  I  had  the  honor  to  be  invitrd  ;  hut.  to 
my  regret,  an  indisposition  prevents  nic  from  bting  present 
at  the  niunieipal  dinner  that  is  to  take  place  to-day  at  the 
Metropolitan  Hotel,  and  I  am  compelled  to  bei,'  of  you  ilie 
favor  of  presenting  my  apologies  and  acknowledgments  to 
the  Honorable  the  Connnon  Couiicil  of  this  city,  together 
\rith  the  assurances  of  my  heartfelt  concurrence  in  the  sen- 
timents which  have  prompted  the  commemoration  of  this 
very  great  event. 

I  am,  sir,  most  respectfully, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

GABRIEL  G.  TASSARA. 
To  Thomas  McSim: don,  Esq.,  Chairman,  !j;c. 


[From  the  Spanish  Consul,  S.  Stoiomton,  Ksc^.] 
Nkw  York,  2d  September,  I'^'tS. 
To  the  Honorable  the  Common  Council  of  the  City  'f  Srw 
York,  ^'c. : 
The  Spanish  Consul  begs  to  ofler  his  sincere  thanks  to 
the  Honorable  the  Common  Council  of  the  city  of  New 
York,  for  the  honor  of  their  invitation  to  join  them  to^ay 
•  at  the  municipal  dinner,  to  be  given  by  them  to  Cyrus  A\. 
Field,  Esq.,  the  officers  of  H.  B.  Majesty's  Ship  Gorgon 
and  U.  S.  Steam  Frigate  Niagara,  in  commemoration  ot 
the  laying  of  the  Cable,  and  begs  to  offer  his  regre  s   hat, 
owing  to  his   continued   indisposition-occasioned   l.y  a 
severe  fall-he  will  be  unable  to  participate  m  the.ri.os- 
pitality    and    render   personally  to  their   d.stmgmHhed 
;  guests  that  homage  and  congratulation  due  to  mcnt. 


k\ 


22i 


[From  the  lit.  Reverend  Jons 


J.  Mv 


^o.fon.Z;,.^''"'  '''^''"''  "' 


happy  completio,,  of  tLeCt-l^"'^""^-"-  ""  '"« 
»go-thc  Atlantic  TelcRranl  Tf,"  """"^'''^'^  "'  'i'" 
due  means  of g,,ti„,  to  Now  york"  "t'f  '  ""  """^  "< 
"«>  of  availing  myself  of  von,- 1  , ,       '  "■'"'"  Pi-"™* 

steamer  lea,.;  tL  ;„  "IZTT!'''  '""'"^'•'"''  but  no 
■^'-.el.  absent,  howe  .  I  "':  '  t,"  ''  "'  •'^'""»''"- 
pray  Ood  that  the  nnionotr','^'""  '"  "l""*'  ""* 
«'  and  Ui„,,.e,l  nation  ft  o^otM"'"':  "'" '""  ^'«'*- 
bond  of  peace,  and  that  the  o„K  ""'^'  '"'  "  P"'""""" 

™"«mo,.  an,,  ,„„,„^,  i,,^^ r.^^"'™"?''  -"ay  be  that  of 
'«""  of  armed   men  arc  .t!'   ,^^'"''" '"»"«■'• 'ands  mil- 
frontier,  a  slender  wire  :.;T:'^„""'''""S  '-''  "^'-r'. 
peace  and  good.^.;,,  between  the  f  ^'"^  '"■'">f  ""ion, 

"ationsoflwtons  and  Americans"    ^"'^"'*  and  kindred 
ful!  humb!o''sc'rn'.,"* "'""°'"'  S""*'^"""-'  y-"-  most  grate- 

t  JOIIN  J.  MULLOCK, 
T-.0HA8  McSpedo X"''  "^  *■  ■^"*"'''  *"'>'"^'''"''- 

°"""'  ConmiUce,  New  Tori. 

[F™™  Ho..  En,v«o  EvE«K„.j 

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26tli,  inviting  me  to  attend  tlic  dinner  of  tlie  2il  of  Sep. 
tcniber,  and  to  respond  to  one  of  the  regular  toasts. 

I  need  not  say  that  I  fully  sympathize  with  yon  on  this 
great  occasion,  and  ih&t  I  should  be  most  liappy  to  join 
you  in  doing  deserved  honor  to  Mr.  Field,  and  to  all  others 
connected  with  the  all-important  achievement  which  you 
propose  to  celebrate.  I  much  regret  that  official  duties,  as 
a  Trustee  of  the  Public  Library,  require  me  to  bc.in  Boston 
on  Thursday. 

With  respect  to  the  event  itself,  the  imagination  sinks 
under  the  effort  to  measure  the  probable  results  of  the  comT 
munication  of  thought  with  electric  spend  throughout  the 
civilized  world.  We  must  remember,  too,  that,  groat  as  is 
the  progress  which  has  been  made,  we  are  yet  in  the  infancy 
of  this  jsystem  of  communication.  The  next  link  in  the 
wondrous  chain,  at  least  in  this  part  of  the  world,  will  bd 
to  connect  the  Pacific  with  the  Atlantic  coast.  Auxiliary 
lines  will  probably,  in  the  course  of  this  generation,  be 
extended  through  Oregon,  Washington  Territory  and  New 
Columbia  to  the  Russian  settlements  on  the  Continent. 
Asia  is  separated  but  by  a  narrow  strait ;  and  if  a  more 
southern  route  than  that  across  Behring's  strait  is  desirable, 
it  is  furnished  by  the  Aleutian  Islands,  with  very  moderate 
oceanic  intervals,  to  the  mouth  of  the  Amoor  River,  whose 
connection  with  the  more  western  portions  of  the  Russian 
Empire  has  lately  been  traced  by  our  enterprising  country- 
man,' Mr.  Collins.  ;         • 

The  lines  already  established  connect;  not  merely  New 
York,  Philadelphia  and  Boston,  with  Liverpool  and  Lon- 
don, but  they  connect  every  State  and  every  city  of  our 
own  vast' continent  witkevery  kingdom  and  every  city  of 
England  and  Continental  Europe. 


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May  they  inoxo,  under  Provideuco,  the  onicient  moans, 
not  morely  of  confinningouraniicaMt-  relations  with  foroim' 
conntrii'K,  hut  of  stroji^theninir  the  bonds  of  ^om]  frehu" 
and  patri(»tic  alTrctinn  with  every  portion  of  our  own. 

With  the  best  wishes  for  a  successful  festival,  I  remain, 
dear  sir,  your  friejid  and  fellow-citizen, 

EDWARD  EVERETT. 
Thomas  McSi'kdon,  Esq. 


[From  Hon.  L.  Tkkmaixi:,  Attorney-General  of  the  State  of 

New  York.] 
State  ok  Nkw  Yokk,  ) 

Offick  of  tiik  Attorxey-Gkxkral,  \ 

Aliiaxy,  August  31,  is*}^. 
Deak  Siu—I  have  the  honor  to  acknowledge  the  rereint 
of  ail  invitation  to  attend  the  municipal  dinner,  in  com- 
m.'n>oration  of  the  laying  of  the  Atlantic  a-bh,,  and  regret 
that  other  .'ngagcmcnts  will  deprive  me  of  the  pleasure  of 
accepting  it. 

The  great  event  you  celebrate  will  form  a  memorable 
ora  in  the  history  of  the  world.  It  is  too  early  to  com- 
prebend  all  the  vast  results  which  arc  destined  to  flow 
trom  It ;  but  as  indicating  pro.-ress  towards  the  period 
when  the  "lion  and  the  lan.b  shall  lie  down  tocrrther," 
n  nay  be  bailed  with  livdy  satisfaction  by  the  friends  of 
humanity. 

With  my  be.t  wisluv.  for  yo„r  success,  I  am 
Yours,  very  truly, 

T  M  o  ,,  EVMAN  TREMAINE. 

1 .  3icSri;i)(>N  Esq., 

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New  York,  September  1,  IS-^s.  { 

C.  T.  McOleNACHAN,  Esq.,  Secretary,  ^r. 

Sir-  -I  have  the  honor  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  an 
invitation,  from  the  Common  Council  of  the  city  of  New 
York,  to  be  present  at  a  municipal  dinner  to  be  given  on 
the  second  instant  to  the  gentlemen  who  have  conductor 
to  a  successful  issue  the  laying  of  the  Atlantic  T<'legraph 
Cable,  commer  orative  of  that  great  achievement. 

I  will   ask  you  to  offer  to  the   Council  my  heartfelt 

thanks  for  the  honor  which  they  have  conferred,  in  asking 

me  to  participate  upon  this  groat  congratuhitory  occasion, 

•  and  my  extreme  regret  that  present  indisposition  constrains 

me  to  decline. 

In  declining  I  would  also  express  to  them  my  high  ap- 
preciation of  the  event  to  be  celebrated,  and  the  entire 
sympathy  with  the  feeling  which  prompts  its  commemora- 
tion. We  justl7*hail  it  as  the  most  important  step  in  the 
march  of  progress  which  the  world  lias  ever  known,  and 
as  justly  hope  that  this  chain  which  unites  the  two  conti- 
nents, spread  through  the  depths  of  that  ocean  upon  whoso 
bosom  their  hostile  navies  have  met,  shall  prove  a  bond 
of  perpetual  peace,  and  shall  commence  an  epoch  of  eter- 
nal unity. 

To  join  with  the  demonstrations  on  shore  to-day,  as  this 
8hip  was  passing  from  the  Navy  Yard  to  her  present 
anchorage  off  the  Battery,  the  ensign  of  our  kindred  nation 
was  hoisted  at  the  fore  and  our  own  at  the  main  and 
mizen.  After  the  ship  Was  moored,  a  salute  of  thu ty-two 
guns  was  fired. 


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In  conclusion,  let  me  again,  tJirough  you,  express  my 
high  sense  of  the  compliment  paid  me,  and  sincere  sorrow 
at  not  heing  able  to  be  present  to  accord  my  thanks  by 
word  of  mouth. 

I  am,  respectfully,  your  obedient  servant, 

ROBERT  D.  THORBURN, 

Command'ntg  U.  S.  S.  i<!afjinr. 


[From    Professor    Joseph    Henky,    of    the   Smithsonian 

Institute.] 

Smithsonian  Institute,  ) 

Washixotox,  ]>.  r.,  August  31,  1858.  > 

To  the  Conmdtcc  of  the  Common  Council  of  the  City  of  Nciv 
York:  *- 

Gentlemen  — I  write  to  express  my  thanks  for  the 
honor  you  have  conferred  upon  me  in  the  invitation  to 
attend  the  ceremonies  and  dinner  to  celebrate  the  laving 
of  the  Atlantic  Cable,  and  to  complimen'  Cyrus' W. 
Field,  Esq.,  and  the  officers  of  II.  B.  M.  steamship  Gorgon 
and  the  U.  o. 'steam  frigate  Niagara.  If  other  engage- 
ments di^  not  absolf.tely  forbid  my  acceptance  it  would 
give  mo  great  pleasure  to  be  present  on  this  interesting 
occasion,  and  to  pirtake  of  the  sympathetic  enthusiasm 
which  n-  .t  be  awakened  by  communion  with  the  men 
who  hav-  been  so  successful  in  accomplishing  this  latest 
•tei  ..   Ihc  application  of  electricity  to  theafTairs  of  life. 

This  is  a  celebratimi  such  as  the  world  has  never  before 
witr  „jed.    It  is  not  alone  to  commemorate  the  achieve- 


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monts  of  individuals,  or  even  of  nations,  bnt  to  mark  an 
epoch  in  the  advancement  of  our  common  humanity. 

The  Atlantic  Cable  does  not  merely  connect,  in  sympa- 
thetic bonds  of  Chnstian  fellowship,  I'ngland  and  America, 
but  its  success  insures  the  extension  of  similar  inter-lines 
of  thought  between  every  part  of  the  civilized  world. 
The  undertaking  was  fraught  with  rcsponsililitica  a?)d 
difficulties  of  no  ordinary  kind.  Had  it  failed,  the  loss 
would  not  have  been  merely  the  money  and  time  spent  in 
the  attempt,  but  far  more,  the  loss  of  confidence  in  the 
public  mind  as  to  the  practicability  of  the  enterprise,  and 
the  consequent  impossibility  for  years  to  come  of  obtain- 
ing the  means  for  another  experiment.  The  difficulties 
were  such  as  could  only  be  appreciated  by  those  who 
were  well  versed  in  practical  engineering  and  in  tlic 
theoretical  principles  of  electricity.  I  need  not  say  how 
fearlessly  these  difficulties  were  encountered  by  Mr.  Field 
and  bis  associates,  and  with  what  sagacity,  forethought 
and  perseverance  they  have  been  overcome. 

The  distinctive  feature  of  the  history  of  the  Nineteenth 
Century  is  the  application  of  abstract  science  to  the  use- 
ful arts,  arid  the  subjection  of  the  innate  powers  of  the 
matei-ial  woild    to  the    control  of  the  intellect  as  the 
obedient  slaves  of  civilized  man.    To  secure  a  re»uU  o 
the  kii^d  which  we  are  now  called  to  celebrate  it  was 
necessary,  first,  that  scientific  discovery-  should  furnish  the 
principles  on  which  the  invention  was  founded ;  secondly 
that  ingenuity  should  supply  the  machinery  and  various 
nppliances  necessary  to  the  accomplishment  of  the  dewgn 
thirdly,  that  men  of  enterprise,  of  confidence  in  tlieir  own 
ability  and  faith  in  the  knowledge  and  resources  of  tbr 
times,  should  be  found   to  embark  in  the  undertaking. 


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Nor  was  it  less  ir.disponsable  that  the  public  mind  ghbuld 
be  8o  impressed  with  tlie  iinportanro  of  the  olijoct  ^liat 
individuals  wouhl  risk  their  fortunes  in  furnishing  the 
necessary  means,  and  Governments  give  it  tlieir  protec- 
tion and  support.  Such  a  concurrence  of  circumstaricos 
coi  Id  not  have  happened  at  any  other  iieriod  of  the  history 
of  the  world,  and  emphatically  distinguishes  the  event  as 
belonging  to  the  middle  of  the  present  century. 

V»Tiile  I  put  full  faith  in  the  advance  of  civilization, 
prmcipaliy  through  the  application  of  science,  of  educa- 
tion and  the  cultivation  of  the  moral  faculties,  I  do  not 
believe  that  this  result  is  to  be  produced   by  a  blind  law 
of  destiny,  but  provideniially  through  the  intervention  of 
individual  agencies.     The  discoveries  of.  every  scientist, 
from  Thales,  of  Miletus,  to  those  of  Faraday  and  Thomp- 
son, have  added  to  our  powers  over  electricity,  that  most 
*«ubtlo  of  the  multiform  agents  of  nature,  and  each  dis- 
tinguished inventor,  including  Morse,  House,  Hughes  and 
others,  has   a^jsisted  in  producing  the    result  which  to- 
day excites  our  admiration  and  calls  forth  our  gratitude— 
a    result  which  gives  bright  hopes    for  the  future  and 
points  to  conquests  yet  to  be  achieved ;   which  promises 
(may  it  not  be  hoped  ?)  peace  on  earth,  good-will  to    men 
and  glory  to  God  in  the  highest. 
I  have  the  honor  to  be, 

Very  respectfully, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

JOSEPH  HENUY. 


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Grace  was  said  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Ogilby,  assistant  minis- 
ter of  Trinity  Church. 

After  dessert,  the  company  was  called  to  orJor  by  tl»c 
Jlavor,  and  he  then  announced  the  first  regular  toast — 
•«Tni:  President  op  the  United  States.-' 

The  toast  was  duly  honored ;  the  company  standing, 
while  Dodworth's  band  played  "  Hail  Columbia,"  and  then 
giving  three  cheers  for  tlie  President,  when  the  flag,  which 
was  waving  over  his  portrait,  was  withdrawn. 

The  second  regular  toast  was  then  given—"  The  Queen 
OF  Great  Britain  and  Iu-land."  This  toast  was  honored 
with  the  greatest  enthusiasm  ;  the  band  playing  "  God 
save  the  Queen,"  and  the  company  standing  and  saluting 
her  Majesty's  portrait  with  continuous  cheering. 

The  third  regular  toast  was  then  announced— "The 
Government  and  people  op  Great  Britain  and  Ikkland 
.-^joined  to  us  in  the  Court  of  Neptune,  may  the  nuptials 
'never  be  put  asunder."  The  toast  and  sentiment  huvmg 
been  duly  honored,  Lord  Napier,  her  Majesty's  representa- 
tive at  Washington,  was  presented  to  the  company  by  the 
Mayor  and  was  received  witii  every  demonstration  of 
respect  and  honor.    He  responded  to  the  toast  as  follows : 

Mr.  Mayor  and  Gentlemen : 

When  I  received  Her  JInjesty's  orders  to  proceed  to  tW 
United  States,  I  flattered  .nyself  timt  I  <""7'' "»""  '^^ 
duties  at  an  auspicious  time,  and  I  cherished  .  hope     a 

the  period  of  n,y  "^^!;?'' .-^^ ':;r^::t^ 

solid  and  hearty  reconc.liation  of  our  respect  ve 

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c<«.«e  of  p„,i,ieal  aflairs  .inec  n,v  arrual  'l',  indee/e' 
h,b,led  some  asperities  whicb  it  was  i„,p„,,iw  .  t„  fi  C 
and  wh,cl,  eould  not  be  regarded  witl,„„t  eoneern     C,  ' 
gennenion,  I  now  bail  in  tl,e  ev.nt  whieh  wc  ,re  ■'„ 
«>ebrat.,  a  glorious  eo.pensation  for  p,,s  a„2ti         ," 
an  important  seeurity  against  future  dangers.     To  be 
contemporary  and  spectator  of  this  great   „,„n  „e,  t    , 
ban,nn  progress  i,  „l„„e  »  ^anse  -.f  hor,„r  and  ex    ,     „ 
Tbe  trnnnpl,  i„  wWd.  your  distin,-„i«he,l  uu  J'     ! 
Kb  a  sbare  does  not  only  eoufer  o'^  the,:  1  J     ;: 

(Teefon  wb.el,  „,a„ki„d  bestow  on  their  purest  b  left 

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been  here  H    ,"    .™k""'  '''""'"y"" ""^'^  >>-e 

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j"^«.nent"„':ea"^^e  ::tr;:rn"r  --if  ^""'^^■"'" 

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inapiring  ^bar   I"^^'!,  '"f."^'"  ™«'---'  "f  Field. 

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when  the  knot  wa^  knit  which  shall  never  be  rent  asun- 
der? How  anxiously  do  we  follow  the  Gorgon  on  hor 
constant  course,  and  watch  the  Niagara  threading  the  ice- 
bergs and  traversing  the  gloom  npon  her  consort's  helpful 
track.  We  tremble  for  the  ovor-burdened  Agamemnon, 
still  tormented  by  the  gale.  We  blend  our  aspirations  with 
the  worthier  prayer?  of  Hudson,  when  he  kneels,  like 
Columbu3  on  the  shore,  and  invokes  the  Divine  protection 
on  his  accomplished  work.  Nor  is  the  moral  aspect  of 
this  great  action  marred  by  any  mean  infirmity.  Hero  /^ 
there  is  nothing  to  obliterate,  nothing  to  deplore.  The 
conduct  of  the  agents  exemplified  the  purposes  of  the  deed ; 
with  manly  emulation,  but  inviolate  concord,  they  cast 
forth  upon  the  waters  the  instrument  and  the  symbol  of 
our  future  harmony.  This  is  not  the  place  to  demonstrate 
the  usefulness  of  telpgraphic  communication  in  the  prac- 
tice of  government  and  commerce,  and  its  numerous  con- 
solations in  matters  of  private  affection.  I  content  myself 
with  recognizing  its.  value  in  international  transactions. 
Something  may  be  detracted  from  the  functions  of  diplo- 
macy, but  much  will  undoubtedly  be  gained  for  the  peace 
of  nations.  By  this  means  the  highest  intelhgencc  and 
authority  on  either  side  will  be  brought  into  immediate  , 
contact,  and  whatever  errors  belong  to  the  employment  of 
subordinate  and  delegated  agencies  may  be  'prevented  or 
promptly  corrected.  By  this  means  many  ^of  the  evif 
incidental  to  uncertainty  and  delay  may  be  canceled,  ol- 
fenses  may  bd  instantly  disavowed,  omission,  may  De 
remedied,  misapprehension  maybe  explained,  and  in  mat- 
ters  of  unavoidable  controversy  we  may  bo  ^^^^^  "^ 
exasperating  effects  of  discussion  proceedmg  on  an  impe^ 
feet  knowledge  of  factn  and  motives.  In  addition  to  t  e« 
specific  safeguards  it  may  be  hoped  that  the  mere  hab.t  of 


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rapid  and  intimate  intercourse  will  greatly  conduce  t«  the 
promot^u  of  a  good   understanding.    On  the  one  Land 
stand.  Kngland,  the  n.ost  opulent  and  vigorous  of  „,„„. 
arclucs,  m  whose  scant  but  incomparable  coil  lie  compact- 
ed the  nrnterialH  of  a  boundless  industry,  on  the  other 
theKepubhc  of  the  United  States,  founded  by  the  same 
race,  fired  by  the  same  ambition,  whose  increase  de" 
comparison  and  whose  destinies  will  baffle  prediction  itself 
We  cannot  doubt  that  these  fraternal  communities  are 
lated  to  enjoy  an  unmense  expansion  of  mutual  life.    The 
n^ant  .nterchange  of  opinion,  intelligence  and  commodi- 
ties, wdl  become  a  condition  almost  inseparable  from  ex- 
istence ;  and  whatever  stimulates  this  development  will 
oppose  a  powerful  obstacle  to  the  rupture  of  pa    fie  rd 
t..u.     No  man  of  common  .;»erality  and  peneLion  Z 
question  the  position  and  certain  merits  of  a  discove  y 
which  W  connected  England  with  America,  and  An.er 

darken  the  legitunate  satisfaction  of  the  present  moment 
by  «  tenng  a  reluctant  or  «=eptieal  estimate  of  our  new 
faculty     Yet,  even  m  this  hour  of  careless  and  convivial 

unequal  inarch  of  mora  ty  and  mind  •    nn^ 
ha.  affirmed  in  foreboding  ve^  tha    all  th    T"  '/ 
which  have  reduced  the  m^'rial     .         .   ^^'^'^  ^^  "^s 
v«»eU  of  our  will  ''""^^"'*   **>  ^«   *'•« 

1   „^^  "•''r*  "  r^'i^n  or  a  pang 

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It  belongs  to  our  respective  countries  and  to  tiie  pres- 
ent age  to  confound  that  speculation  which  would  divido 
knowledge  from  virtue,  and  inquiry  from  improvement. 
The  labor  will  not  bo  light,  nor  is  the  eventual  victory 
everywhere  apparent,  yet  there  is  one  province  of  nfl'nirs 
in  which  the  task  would  be  easy  and  the  triumph  within 
our  grasp.  It  depends  on  us,  on  onr  will,  on  our  choice, 
to  carry  into  perpetual  effect  the  sentiment  which  the 
honorable  chairman  has  associated  with  his  toast ;  it  de- 
pends on  us  to  strike  out  forever  from  the  earn  of 
public  and  social  embarassments  all  the  contingencies  of  a 
collision  between  England  and  America.  If  we  should 
not  employ  our  unprecedented  powers  in  a  friendly  spirit, 
if  we  should  hereafter  offer  unreflecting  provocation  and 
conceive  hasty  resentment,  if  every  transient  cloud  which 
ascends  on  the  political  sky  be  hailed  as  the  prognostic  of 
a  destructive  storm,  if  we  should  make  haste  to  unlock 
the  well  of  bitter  xi'aters  and  to  raise  the  phantoms  of 
extinct  pretensions  and  buried  wrongs,  then  would  this 
memorable  eflfort  of  ingenuity  and  toil  bo  pailly  cast 
away.  Gentlemen,  I  am  confident  that  we  shall  pursue  a 
very  diflTerent  course.  The  Queen  has  sent  tidings  of  good- 
will to  the  President,  and  the  President  has  madd  a  cor- 
responding answer  to  the  Queen.  Those  messages  must 
not  be  dead  inscriptions  in  our  archives,  they  must  be 
fruitful  maxims  in  our  hearts.  Let  our  Government  be 
considerate  in  their  resolutions.  Let  the  onito.->-  of  one 
country  comment  upon  the  institutions,  the  policy,  and 
the  tendencies  of  the  other  in  a  candid  and  gentle  spint. 
Let  the  negotiators  of  both  approach  the  adjustment  oi 
disputed  questions,  not  with  a  tenacious  regard  *«  P'»'^''y 
advantages,  but  with  a  broad  view  of  general  and  bencn- 
cial  results.    Then,  gentlemen,  the  subtle  forces  of  nature 


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will  not  Lave  bc«n  emplo-ed  in  vain,  an.l  „c  shall  cive  , 
worthy  oflieo  to  the,e  suhjngateo  and  n,i„istni„^  powon 
which,  by  ,hv,nc  permiaion,  fly  and  labor  at  our  con'nmnd. 

Mr  Mayor  and  gentlemen,  the  manifestation  of  re- 
»pect  for  the  Queer,  which  you  have  given  to-n,ght,  and 
which  ha,  bee.,  apparent  ti,ro.g„out  ihese  celebrations, 
»i  I  be  highly  appreciated  by  Her  Majesty  and  by  her 
faithful  subjects,  who  observe  with  pride  that  the  virtue, 
of  their  sovereign  have  won  back  the  spontaneous  homage 
of  a  free  nation.  The  Ministers  of  Great  Britain  will  cor- 
rectly  estimate  the  momentous  import  nf  an  enterprise  to 
which  they  gave  an  eCective  support,  and  will,  I  am  well 
Msured,  transport  into  our  official  relations  the  cordial 
sentiments  which  ani.^atc  the  English  people  t„w,rds  their 
American  kindred  I  tender  you  my  sincere  thanks  for 
«.c  honorable  welcome  granted  to  my  countrymen  and 

ever  ^knowledge,  for  your  goodness  has  enabled  us  to 
aMociate  our  names  and  voices,  however  feebly  and  far  off, 
with  an  event  which  must  have  an  everlasting  and  benig- 
nai.  sigmncance.    We  are  all  firmly  persuaded  that  thefe 

cm,l.  °  .'!  •*  ''"'*'™™  «""'='">•««  to  the  mother- 
corn,  rj,  gathenng  stren«tl,  with  time  and  rejoicing  to 

tZir"'""'""'"'  '""""■     '''  "'«  8™''""'-  'ho^Lli 

lare  thatnTT''"'''  "^  "'"  ''""'''  ^P'^"-  wc  de- 
dare  that  the  hands  that  arc  joined  to-day  are  joined  in 

.mcemy.  and  the  grasp  tUt  we  have  felt  we  desire  to  hi 
firmly  .he  link.  of^Tu Jio"?.  """  ""'  ^"'  """"  "»"' 


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The  Mayor  called  u|)on  Rodman  M.  Price,  ex-Govcrr.or 
of  the  State  of  New  Jersey,  to  respoiul  to  this  toiist.  On 
rising  to  do  so  ^Ir.  Price  was  loudly  cheered,    lie  said : 

Mr.  Prcs^dait  and  Gentlemen : 

At  being  thus  stiddenly  called  upon  to  respond  to  bo 
gracious,  so  comprehensive  and  so  patriotic  a  toast,  I  feel 
very  much  as  if  I  should  rather  adept  the  adinoiiitiou  that 
I  overheard  in  the  crowd  in  Broadway  yesterday,  as  given 
by  one  son  of  Erin  to  (inother,  when  they  were  beholding 
the  imposing  procession.    Said  one  to  the  other 

"Jimmy,  d'ye  think  they're  liavin'  as  good  time  in  Lon- 
don to-day  as  we  are  ?" 

"  Divil  a  bit,  Pat,  they  havn't  the  ability  to  get  up  any 
such  celebration  or  procession  as  this." 

"Be  quiet,  m-m,"  says  Jimmy,  "be  respectful,  bo  aisy, 
say  notbin',  or  they'll  telegraph  what  yc'U  say  to  London!" 

Mr.  President,  who  can  doubt  that  our  sister  States  and 
sister  cities '  coi'dially,  enthusiastically  and  rapturously 
unite  all  their  sympathies  with  you  and  ua  on  this  auspi- 
cious  and  interesting  occasion.  The  greetings  which  you 
have  already  received  from  the  authorities  of  our  •sister 
States  and  our  sister  cities  show  how  intensely  they  feel 
the  triumph  which  Science  has  won  by  the  successful  lay- 
ing  of  the  Atlantic  Telegraph  Cable -how  much  they 
rejoice  that  the  Old  World  and  the  New  arc  connected  by 
a  Transatlantic  Telegraph  Cable. 

You  must  not  expect  me.  sir.  to  answcn-  for  all  the 
States  or  the  cities  of  this  glorious  Union.    It  «  unpo 


-i 


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23G 

• 

ble  for  me  to  express  the  feelings  of  those  remote  bounds 
of  our  Union,  as  well  as  the  hundreds  of  densely  popu- 
lated cities.     They  have  spoken,  sir.     I  have  seen  their 
congratulations,  transmitted  through  the  telegraphic  wires, 
,    published,  and  we  know  that  their  feelings  are  as  intense 
an  ours.    How  could  you  expect  me  to  respond  for  the 
first  colony  of  Massachusetts,  or   for   the  enterprise  of 
State  street,  Boston  ?     How  could  you  expect  me  to  re- 
spond for  the  glorious  Keystone  State  Pennsylvania,  or 
for  her  Empire  City  of  Philadelphia,  or  for  Maryland,  or  her 
Monumental  City?     Much  less  can  I  be  expected  to  re- 
spond for  the  Old  Dominion.     Neither  am  I  in  the  temper 
to  respond  for  the  Crescent  City  of  the  South,  or  for  the 
Queen  City  of  the  West,  or  for  all  the  lesser  cities  +o 
the  extreme  point  of  our  territories. 

Noj  sir.  I  will  not  occupy  the  time  of  this  company  in 
speaking  of  localities.  It  is  enough  to  know,  sir,  that 
they  rejoice  with  us  upon  this  great  and  glorious  occasion 
—  that  they  exult  with  us  in  this  triumph  of  Science. 
That  great  procession  of  yesterday  will  be  a  recorded 
memory  to  the  end  of  time.  Sir,  though  this  city  has 
done  nobly,  and  while  I  speak  in  behalf  of  your  sister 
States  and  cities,  I  must  not  forget  my  own  glorious  little 
revolutionary  State,  New  Jersey.  I  thank  you,  sir,  and 
the.  Common  Council  of  this  great  city,*  for  the  recognition 
they  have  made  of  New  Jersey  as  a  sister  State. 

If  I  may  be  allowed  to  express  some  of  the  present 
pleasures  and  gratifications  which  I  feel  upon  this  occa- 
■ioo,  I  must  allude  to  th^  great  gratification  which  I  have 
felt  Id  the  fact  that  our  glorious  navy  has  one  peafeeful  tri- 
umph, and  that  the  wooden  bulwarks  of  England  share 
iwth  then^  the  glory.    My  early  association  with  the  Navy 


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of  the  United  States  makes  the  distinction  which  that  arm 
of  our  service  has  won  particularly  agreeable  to  nic,  for  I 
know,  personally,  and  have  been  associated  with  some  of 
the  officers  of  the  Niagara,  and  I  can  answer  that  no  more 
devoted  or  zealous  men  wear  the  button  and  uniform  of 
the  American  navy. 

To  our  English  friends  who  are  present  upon  this  inter- 
esting occasion,  permit  me  to  say  that  I  reciprocate  most 
cordially  the  noble  sentiment  of  the  poet  Muckay,  m  a 
delic^hlful  poem  which  he  wrote  upon  American  soil  dunng 
ht?ate  vifit  to  this  country,  called  «  Brother  Joh^hanov 
Brother  John,"  in  which  he  makes  Brother  John  utter  the 
following  sentiinent  to  Brother  Jonathan  : 

Said  Brother  John  to  Jonftthfin. 
»'  Yon  take  the  West  and  I  the  East ; 
Wc  sneak  the  self-same  tongue 
That  Byron  wrote  and  Ohathom  spoke,    .. 
And  Barns  and  Shakspearo  snng. 

'sir,  the  .e^timcnt  of  thU  *?«»' '"■'f,  *;[:'e;:.t™ 
which  binds  the  New  World  with  the  Old  v^l  w  ^^^ 
firmly  the  links  of  this  glorious  Umon.    Wh  ^ 

sir,  that  this  cable  will  P™- '^''If^L'n.or.i.^.- 
Wds  of  bur  sister  States  ""^  »»' "'f  '  4  ^u  „„it«  oi 
«,luble.  and  while  we  trust  that  that  tend  J  ^^ 

taore  cordially  with  the  Old  W<>'W' "' ^Xe«««  'rf'" 

it  will  prove  a  bond  of  harmony,  concord  «.d  P 

our  sister  States'and  sister  cities.       .  .      ,_t 

Mr.  Price  was  frequently  appl-^eO'-^*'"'-"""*' 
down  amid  great  cheeruig.  ,™a„.kwitb 

Thefifthtoa.fwa.then.n.oa.e.a.".*--''™ 

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«  Crnrs  W.  Field^To his  exertions,  energy,  couracre and 
perseverance  are  we  indebted  for  the  Ocean  Telegraph  • 
wtf  claim,  but  frnwor/a/Z/y  owns,  him."  ' 

Mr.  Cyrus  W.  Field  responded.     He  said  : 
Wr.  PresiJcit  and  Gentlemen  : 

You  do  mc  too  much  honor.  The  unparalleled  celebration 
of  ycterday  and  thU  banquet,  dazzling  as  they  have  beer 
have  not  u.  far  blinded  me  that  I  do  not  know  them  to  be 
intended  for  more  than  myself.  To  no  one  man  is  the 
world  indebted  for  this  achievement.  One  may  have  done 
more  than  another-this  person  may  have  a  prominent,  and 
that  u  secondary,  part  ;  but  there  is  a  host  of  us  who  have 
b«n  en^ged  in  the  work,  the  completion  of  which  you 
.crfcbrateto^ay.  ,1  will  mention  my  brother  Dudley,  with 
whom,  as  well  as  myself,  the  scheme  originated,  and  who 
fZ  /'"xr      .  *"■  "'"'  '"'''"  '•■roughout:  my  excellent 

Ir  w  ^°T  'T  ^""^'^  ^-  T'^'"'  "•  O-  K»berls 
and  W.  0.  Hunt,  who  have  spent  their  money  so  gen- 
erously and  borno  up  so  manfully  under  great  discourage- 
ment. |  Mr.  Brett,  Mr.  AVhitehouse  and  Mr.  Bright,  with 
IbLI! ,;  Tf,"  "■"  »«""""<"■*  '"  September,  185C,  under 

f«„^  ''^'''"«"' "•»  ««thority  of  the  New  York,  Newfound- 

Atla^t.  .?  °?  '"'  "'"  -^^'-'P'^""'  «•  their  line  across  the 
Atlantic,  either  by  a  new  subscription  to  their  Company, 

Z^Z  """  T^""^ '  "">  """^  Oo^rnmcnt  that  came 
lorward  ,„  „ob|y,  in  connection  with  which  arc  especial'v 

th«  Admir«liy  ,  a,  also  the  SeeretaTr  of  the  English  Trea- 


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Bury  and  Captain  "Washington,  hydrographer  of  the  Eng- 
lish Navy ;  the  Government  of  the  United  States— and  I 
would  particularly  mention  the  President  and  Secretary  of 
the  Navy — the  Governments  of  Newfoundland,  Prince  Ed- 
ward Island,  Nova  Scotia,  Canada  and  Maine ;  those  never- 
to-be  forgotten  philosophers  Lieutenant  Maury,  Professor 
Morse,  Professor  Farrady,  Professor  Bache  and  Professor 
W.  Thompson,  v»ho  have  rendered  most  efficient  aid  with- 
out receiving  any  compensation ;  the  acconplishcd  and  skill- 
ful English  commanders  Preedy,  Daynian,  Aldham,  Otter, 
Wainri'ght  and  Noddall ;  our  own  well  known  and  honored 
Captains  Hudson  and  Sands,  Lieutenant  Berryman  and  nil 
the  gallant  officers  of  the  Niagara,  and  the  whole  telegraph 
fleet,  never  forgetting  the  brave  English  and  American 
sailors  ;  Mr.  William  E.  Evereft,  the  able  engineer  who  hos 
devoted  his  whole  time  for  months  to  constructmg  and 
-  perfecting  the  paying-out  machinery  with  which  the  Cable 
has  been  so  successfully  laid ;  Mr.  Woadhouse  and  Mr. 
Canning,  engineers ;  Mr.  Appold,  who  has  been  unweaned 
\n  his  .Exertions  on  our  behalf ;  the  consultmg  comni;  tee  o 
Engineers,  Messrs.  Joshu.  Field,  3ohu  Penn.  and  ThomaB 
Lloyd,  who,  without  compensation,  gave  the  Company  the 
benefit  of  their  eminent  talent ;  the  D^^^^^^^^^^; 
lantic  Telegraph  Company,  who  have  devoted  so  much 

time  without  receiving  one  shilling  for  ^^^^^^^^'^^ 

my  consistent  faithful  ^^'^^^^^^'J^ ^^^ 
George  Peabody,  and  Junius  S.  W  «  ^^^  ^,,,  all 
might  add  many-many  others  to  t^'«  "J^         ^he  prose- 
wo^rked  faithfully  and  as  efficiently  as  -^"^  "    J.uies 
cution  of  the  good  work,    ^^e  have  had  m^a-^^J^  ^^^  ^^^^^ 

to  surmount,  many  <^>«<^^"''«8^'"''""  jf.on  has  stimulated 
enemies  to  overcome,  whose  very  opp  acxom- 

us  to  greater  exertion.    We  believe  tW  the  worK 


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240 

pl!.hcd  wil!  prove  .  great  and  lasting  benefit  to  our  r.ee 
If  .t  ereet  but  a  tithe  of  what  i,  expected  from  it,  we  ,.  j 
be  more,  much  more  than  rewarded  for  what  »-ehave,l„„e. 

The  .iUI,  toast  wa. :  "The  Navirs  of  Grkat  I!r,ta,n- 
AKD^E  United  STXTEs-Met  and  joined  i,.  a  noble 
work  _,f  Peaee ;  may  they  never  be  separated  or  meet  t 

Captain  Dayman,  of  H.  B.  IT.  steamship  Gorgon   was 
«.  led  upon  by  the  Mayor  to  respond  to  this'toast  a 
flo  in  these  fernis  ; 


Mr.  Mmjor  and  Gentlemen : 
I  feel  highly  honored  in  n-sponding  for  the  British  navy 

and  I  .rl  ^"".'Tl""  '^'""'  ""=  "-  ''»"-  of  linking, 
and  I  am  des.red  by  the  distinguished  Admiral,  the  Com^ 

ton  S  ewart,  to  express  to  you  his  regret  that  he  cannot 
himself  „e  present  at  this  celebration  ,  but  he  has  per- 
mitted  several  of  the  officers  of  his  flagship  to  accompany 
us,  and  they  are  now  here.  It  does  not  often  fall  to  the 
^tof  a  naval  officer,  whose  profession  is  chiefly  that  of 

Pelt's  /r""""'""''  "">  "»'=•"■»'  'hip' of  another 
Power  n  dufe,  stnctly  pacific.     But  in  the  service  whose 

Ss.  r  r  ""'  """  "o'ebrating.  the  United  States 
.gelher  w.th  no  less  than  six  of  Her  Majesty's  ships,  vi.., 

^  z::t-„a'b7ncr.rro't:'  '"^'if  -i:''  r-^'^^^ 

«nn.t™:„^j  :  .  "*■'  '"'"«»•  ^y  "•«  free  and  un- 

re»irtthr  """""'-"'*  '"  the  beginning  and 
kept  up  to  the  end,  and  I. trust  that  the  rival.7  thus 


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241 


engendered  may  long  continue  to  be  the  only  conrcc  of 
difference  between  us.  It  is,  perhaps,  somewhat  presump- 
tuous in  nie  to  speak  of  an  officer  so  niucli  my  senior  as 
Captain  Hudson  ;  but  I  cannot  help  saying,  gentlemen, 
that  Captain  Hudson' gained  in  England  the  friendship  and 
esteem  of  officers  of  the  highest  rank  in  the  navy,  and 
that  he  carried  away  with  him  the  best  wishes  of  all  who 
had  the  honor  of  his  acquaintance.  We  witnessed  a  spec- 
tacle yesterday  which  will  not  be  easily  forgotten  by  any 
one  of  us.  It  was  that  of  the  enthusiastic  rejoicings  of 
tens  of  thousands  of  the  freemen  of  this  magnificent  city, 
which  stands  first  of  all  the  cities  of  the  American  conti- 
nent— rejoicings  for  a  peaceful  triamph,  accomplished  by 
the  united  eflforts  of  Americans  and  Englishmen.  Wc 
saw,  as  in  our  own  happy  country,  multitudes  congregated, 
without  coercion  or  force  to  preserve  good  order.  We 
saw,  also,  your  volunteer  regiments  march  past,  and  were 
struck  with  their  steadiness  and  military  bearing.  Lastly, 
we  joined  in  the  great  procession  of  firemen,  which,  as  a 
body  of  organized  men,  trained  for  the  performance  of  a 
most  difficult  duty,  requiring  a  combination  and  discipline 
in  the  midst  of  destruction  and  confusion,  appear  to  bo  the 
grandest  and  the  most  perfect  institution  of  the  kind  m 
the  world.  And  now,  gentlemen,  in  behalf  of  the  officers 
of  the  Indus  and  Gorgon,  I  beg  to  offer  our  warmest 
thanks  for  the  hearty  w..^ome  which  you  have  given  us. 
We  shall  long  remember  with  pleasure  this  our  visit  to 
your  city,  and  shall  carry  back  to  England  the  most  plea^ 
ing  impressions  of  the  feeling,  consideration  and  Rmdn 
which  has  been  shown  us,  and  which  we  accept  as  md  ca- 
tive  of  that  favorable  regard  for  the  old  country  which  .« 
lingers  among  her  descendants  on  this  vast  continent. 
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work  80  well — The  praise  of  both  heiiiisphcres  sliall 


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lu  the  absence  of  Gov.  Seward,  expected  to  answer  to  tliis 
toast,  Rev.  Ur.  Bellows  was  called  upon  for  a  reply.  Mouiit- 
in^'  the  chair  on  which  he  had  been  sitting,  lie  said : 

Mr.  Mayor  and  Gentlemen  : 

Being  a  poor  speaker  at  the  best,  and  now  under  the  spe- 
cial disqualification  of  a  short  notice,  I  am  determined  to 
get  whatever  advantage  is  to  be  derived  from  a  little  artificial 
elevation.     I  certainly  should  not  consent  to  speak  for  the 
Engineers  and  Electricians  if  this  were  not  a  telegraphic 
occasion,  when  everybody  is  subject  to  the  law  of  tele- 
graphic dispatch,  and  must  be  ready  to  take  the  place  of 
any  other  gientleman,  who,  though  a  thmisand  miles  off,  is 
yet  confidently  expected— but  has  failed  to  appear— my 
precise  predicament  at  this  moment.     If,  through  igno- 
rance and  inopportunity  for  preparation,  I  shall  have  Httle 
to  say  about  the  Electricians  and  Engineers— a  topic  which 
worthily  to  treat  demands  exact  knowledge— you  fortu- 
nately need  few  words  to  exalt  your  sense  of  their  merit  in 
this  particular  case.     And,  indeed,  if  we  had  our  own 
elder  Everett  here,  that  matchless  orator,  he  could  not  speak 
for  the  Engineers  and  Electricians  with  more  effect  than 
the  modest  silence  of  our  younger   Everett,  whom   we 
have  here,  has  already  done.     The  Engineers  and  Elec- 
tricians of  our  country  are  everywhere  speaking  for  them- 
selves in  these  the  days  of  their  glory.     Beginning  with 
Frankhn,  who,  let  me  say  to  the  Committee  of  Arrange- 


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ments,  tlioy  will  never  lie  alile  permanently  to  comn,  not- 
witiistanding  their  success  in  placing  him  in  an  angle  for 
this  lirief  occasion  (alluding  to  a  scroll  hearing  his  name, 
placed  in  a  remote.conie-  of  the  room),  and  coming  through 
Fitch  and  Fulton,  to  Henry  and  Morse,  it  would  he  wholly 
beyond  my  power  to  add  the  least  lustre  to  thuir  reputa- 
tions. As  for  the  Company's  "  Woodhouse,"  it  supplies 
the  fuel  for  its  own  fame,  while  its  "Bright"  may  he  safely 
left  to  its  own  brightness. 

Forsaking  my  text,  so  far  as  the  Engineers  and  Elec- 
tricians are  personally  concerned,  I  confess  that  in  a  more 
general  aspect  this  toast  has  peculiar  fascinations  for  nic ; 
for  it  is  the  first  opportunity  offered  this  evening  to  get 
off  mere  international  grounds  on  to  world-wide  tt^rritory. 
It  names  both  the  hemispheres,  and  includes  ^lie  globe. 
But  more  particularly  it  refers  to  arts  and  sciences,  which 
in  their  nature,  aim  and  results,  arc  world-embracing. 
Engineers  and  Electricians  do  not  represent  nationalities  or 
boundary  lines.  They  represent  that  which  is  universal- 
Science— which  is  neither  English  or  American— of  which 
there  can  be  no  local  appropriation,  and  concerning  which 
there  should  be  no  terntorial  jealousy.  Literatures  may 
be  owned.  They  speak  different  languages  and  breathe  a 
confined  atmosphere.  Science  cannot  be  clanned.  bhe 
speaks  one  tongue  for  all  peoples,  and  is  the  san.c  m  all 
climates  and  airs.  Sir,  our  Englisl.  and  Amencan  flags  a«« 
not  broad  enough,  in  their  united  folds,  to  cover  the  radical 
senciment  which  animates  the  hearts  of  our  own,  uiia, 
trust,  the  hearts  of  the  English  nation,  '"  ^'^-'^^l^^^'J^^.^,, 
recent  union  of  che  hemispheres.  It  is  not  the  conn 
of  two  countries,  that  have  never  been  really  '^'V^''^'^^^^^^ 
the  umbilical  cord  was  never  cut,  it  has  hung 


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kept  us  togrthrr,  and  it  is  this  very  «lay  stioii^rcr  tliaii  the 
Cable — No,  Mr.  ^fayoi,  it  is  not  the  coimixTcial  and  uuVit- 
irul  pacification  for  all  time  of  .niothor  England  an<l  lior 
great  Animoan  daughter  that  now  moves  our  chief  joy  and 
exultation.  The'CabU-,  more  valuable  as  a  Rymboj  even 
than  as  a  fact  and  an  instrument,  stands  for  a  sentiment 
broader  than  our  international  territories,  deeper  than  our 
<)ividi:ig  ocean— for  an  inter-hemispherical  sentiment— the 
wholeness  of  a  fractured  globe,  the  unity  of  a  scattered 
race,  the  sphering  of  a  wandering  humanity,  tin?  comple- 
tion of  the  broken  circle  of  nn'tivrsal  hopes  and  sympathies 
ftud  destinies. 

Never  before  was  anything  purely  human  done  in  the 
history  of  the  world  and  the  race  which  stood  for  Onc-ncss 
as  the  successful  laying  of  the  Atlantic  Cable  does  !     It  is 
the  beginning,  on  asch-ntilic  plane,  of  a  reconciliation  among 
things  scattered  and  opposed,  which  is  full  of  prophesies  of 
peace  and  harniony  through  the  whole  internal  and  exter- 
nal world.     Using  reverently  a  word  commonlv  mispro- 
nounced-wreste<l  from  its  etymological  significance,  and 
so  robbed  of  the  pregnancy  that  belongs  to  it,   but  which 
one  event  like  this  throws  a  providential  illumination  on- 
I  may  say  that  the  great  principle  of  God's  gov(>rnment 
and  Christ',  religion,  At-onc-ment.  was  never  so  majestic 
ally  illnstrated  and  employed  outside  of  the  very  Gospel 
it82!f.     Excepting  ever  a  precious  significance  for  the  imag- 
ination, the  uniting  of  the  hemispheres  of  geography  is  the 
smallest  meaning  of  this  triumph.     We  have  hitherto  lived 
m  a  hemisphere,  and  we  now  live  on  a  globe-live  not  by 
halve,  but  aa  a  whoh^not  as  scattered  members,  but  as 
the  connected  limbs  of  one  organic  body,  the  great  com- 
mon humanity-and  thus  wc  are  able  to  compass  for  the 


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first  time,  as  a  popular  thought,  tlie  conception  of  one  lift 
one  history,  one  interest  for  the  race,  one  all-embracing, 
all  inter-linking  Providence — the  establishment  of  a  com- 
mon, a  right,  a  happy  understanding  among  all  nations, 
tribes,  climes  and  interests,  until  the  world  of  hujnanity 
shall  move  as  the  globe  itself  moves,  all  together ;  and  the 
race  be,  as  the  individual  is,  vitalized  by  a  spinal  cord 
animating  all  its  limbs,  harmonizing  all  its  movements,  and 
giving  coherency,  energy  ami  unity  to  its  whole  being. 

A  union  like  this  reaches  and  includes  many  other  now 
divided  things  besides  the  Old  and  the  New  Worhl.  The 
parted  continents  arc  not  the  only  hemispheres  that 
require  to  be  pacified  and  united.  Soul  and  body,  mind 
and  matter,  conscience  and  ificlination,  work  and  phiy, 
business  and  leisure,  duty  and  beauty,  patriotism  and  phi- 
lanthropy, interest  and  obligation,  things  secular  and  things 
sacred,  time  and  eternity,  earth  and  heaven,  Man  and  God ; 
these  are  the  great  intellectual,  moral,  and  social  benii- 
spheres,  which  oceans,  more  stormy  than  the  Atlantic 
Ocean,  of  inmiature  thought,  crude  inexperience  and  coarse 
superstition  have  kept  in  seemingly  hopeless  is..ation  and 
antagonism.  But  the  great  process  of  bringing  them  to- 
gether  has  begun,  and  this  telegraphic  triumph  is  perhaps 
the  first  stroke  of  science  that  fitly  answers  from  the  human 
side  the  migb.ty  blow  for  man's  reconciliation  with  h.s  Ma- 
ker, given  1800  years  ago,  from  the  superhuman  s.dc ;  for. 
like  the  Good  News  from  heaven,  it  has  aroused  a  tnumph- 
ant  hope  that  no  oceans,  whether  ™«terial,  social,  or  era 
canpenuanently  resist  the  necessity  ior  the  tendenue  to 
the  providential  plan  of  a  Universal  Harmony  and  Unity 
•  among  all  the  interests  of  Humanity. 

.  I  know  the  misgivings  connected  with  these  eo„»«crcU 


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and  mocliniiical  virforics  in  the  minds  of  manv  men  of  seri- 
ous thotinlit.  I  nn(]<'rstan«l  tlic  part  which  "  ^ratoriulism  " 
l»luys  ill  fh«?  vocahnln  of  ethical  and  religious  discussion. 
As  ft  nation,  and  h;  own  guides,  we  are  exhorted  to 

♦♦  j)ut  our  hands  upon  our  mouths,  and  our  mouths  in  the 
duMt,"  and  t'.»  feel  a  special  humiliation  in  view  of  the  en- 
grossment o^'our  people  in  mutcr'uil  pursuits  !     God  knows 
the  world  has  always  needed  cautions,  and  is  never  hund)le 
<  iiough  in  view  of  its  manifold  short-comings.     IJut  I  deny, 
hefore  (Jdd,  any  special  nmenableness  of  our  people  to  this 
charge,  or  any  wisdom  in  the  special  form  of  this  censure. 
Where  is  the  mind  of  this   country  to  be  seen  if  not  in  its 
nmterial  results  V — and  what  is  so  conspicuous  in  its  material 
results  as  its  mimU     Is  matter,  turned  to  the  service  of  the 
afiections,  tln^  «ducation,  the   culture   of  society,  to  be 
stignnitized  nnd  warned  ofl'  the  premises  of  the  good  ?     Are 
the  great  triumphs  of  art,  industry,  conmierce,  which  arc 
freeing,  pacifying,  blessing  and  elevating  Humanity,  to  be 
denounced  ns  material,  in    any   sense   of  antagonism  to 
morality,  piety  and  the  spiritual  destiny  of  man  ?     Why  ! 
what  is  this  very  victory  of  navigation,  engineering  and 
electric  science,  but  a  material  victory — yet  in  what  does 
it  differ  from  or  full  below  nn  intellectual,  amoral,  a  spirit- 
tual   victory?     Science,  commerce,    ait,   properly   inter- 
preted and  providentially  guided,  have  the  same  object, 
unconsciously  or  circuitously  pursued,  which  religion  and 
morality  more  directly  propose.     Commerce  Christianizes 
by  civilizing,  whilst  Keligiou  civilizes  by  Christianizing; 
and  both  together  work  out  tlie  Creator's  purposes  and 
plans. 

We  are  no  longer,  therefore,  to  talk  as  if  tho  matter  of  this 
globo  wcro  opposed  to  its  spiritual  progress ;  it  is  to  be  made 


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the  instrument  of  that  progress.    W^  arc  no  longcr  to  con- 
cede that  the  busniess  of  the  world  is  necessarily  at  war  witli 
the  morality  of  the  world,  or  to  allow  that  a  lasting  inter- 
necine strife  can  go  on  among  the  various  interests  of  man 
-or  the  race.     Our  faculties,  tastes,  capacities,  are  a  part  and 
parcel  of  a  nature  thoroughly  one  in  its  constitution— our 
nature,  pcsicion,  material  circumstances,  part  .md  parcel 
of  a  plan  thoroughly  one  in  its  Divine  conception  and 
conduct.     The  Church,  the  State,  the  Home,  the  Work- 
shop, the  Ship,  the  Store,  are  helpers  of  each  other-each 
sacred  iu  its  rightful  place-each  capable  of  a  consecra- 
tion such  as  has  been  displayed  by  the  men  engaged  u. 
this  telegraphic  work.    They  have  felt-I  see  it  u.  their 
eyes-that  they  were  working,  not  for  themselves,  but 
for  us  and  for  God  .  and  they  laid  the  first  offering  of 
their  hearts,  when  their  enterprise  succeeded,  on  the  altar 
where  all  things  first:  belong. 

It  is  tl>e  sentiment  of  a  U..ity  of  whieh  God  U  the  centre, 
and  about  whicli,  and  in  which,  all  thing,  are  cTcled-a 
.,mity  now  to  be  realized,  as  new  successes  "'"o"- "" 
and  faster,  old  causes  of  separation  and  ^'P'"""- 
unity  which,  commended  to  us  m  a  "S"*    ""^  "^^ 
derful  manner,   by  the  rece.t  **8™P  '»  "  ^rern 
space,  ocean,  disappointment,  prevous  f"'"^ J^ J^ 
despair,has  struck  a  thrill  of  pecuhar  Jo    «»    ^""J^ 
confidence  through  the  heart  of  the  worW^      •  "  "8^ 
joy  and  hope  in  the  harmon.ous  J"'''"'"  »'  "        /, 
ih'at  is  now  swellingthe  heart  of  the  — people.,^__  ^__ 

cheap  feeling  of  national  pn^c.  "O  ^'»»  J„i„plUhed  by 
the  reflection  that  this  work  was^^^^^^^^^^ 


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It  arises  in  the  great  suggestion  that  somehow  "  the  be- 
ginning of  the  end  "  has  come  ! — that,  God  helping,  we 
have  got  to  the  end  of  the  ol)8tacle8  which  tlireatened  to 
prevent  man's  ever  achieving  a  final  triumph  over  tiioso 
elements  of  discord  and  antagonism  which  lie  in  the  i)at]i 
of  liuman  progress.  AVe  see  now  that  a  step  has  been 
taken  which  promises,  nay,  which  assurer,  a  continual 
progress,  and  whose  end  shall  be  the  material  and  the 
moral  redemption  of  the  world. 

This,  Mr.  Mayor  and  gentlemen,  is  the  noble  confidence 
which  now  swells  the  generous  heart  of  this  assembly 
and  of   tlie   people   of   our   country.     Sir,    there   is  no 
measure  to   the  amount  of  moral   and  religious  feeling 
awakened  by  this  event  in  the  remote  hamlets  and  retired 
recesses  of  the  land.     Ten  days  ago  I  had  a  piece  of  the 
cable  sent  to  me  from  New  York,  to  exhibit  at  a  village 
celebration  in  Walpole,  N.  H.     An  old  man,  ot   ninety 
years,  sent  "down  frpm  the  hills,  and  begged  for  a  sight  of 
^  the  cable,  saying  "  let  "ie  see  the  cable  and  die."     lie 
spoke  like  Simeon  of  old,  ui.d  he  spoke  the  sentiment  of 
tens  of  thousands,  who.  better  realize  their  own  inunor- 
tality  when  they  see  the  triumph  of  this  material  spark 
over  time  and  space  and  ponder  the  mysterious  and  half 
supernatural  continuity  of  the  electric  life.     That  spark  is 
not  material  only ;  it  is  also  Divine.     God  knows  what 
diflferencc  there  may  be  between  the  nature  of  that  spark 
and  of  the  spark  that  animates  our  own  bodies ;  but  if 
thtit  can  live  through  oceans,  ours  shall  sur\ive  the  grave ! 
And  in  that  confident  feeling  of  life  and  immortality  all 
the   best   hopes  and   animation   for    social    and    human 
improvement  must  begin  and  end. 

I  conclude  with  a  sentiment  which  contains  the  pith  of,  _J^< 


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my  remarks,  and  which,  liowcver  received,  is  offered  in  » 
deeply  religious  spirit : 

«•  At-onc-ment ! — Science,  Art,  Commerce,  Experience, 
Religion,  have,  in  God's  Providence,  but  one  final  cause— 
the  at-one-nicnt  of  natino  witli  man,  of  man  with  himself; 
of  man  with  man,  and  of  man  with  God."  The  Rev. 
gentleman  resumed  his  seat  amid  warm  applauoO. 

The  next  toast  was, 

"The  State  of  New  York— May  her  history  always 
illustrate  her  motto— Excelsior." 

To  which  his  Excellency  Gov.  King  resvor.ded as  follows: 
The  theme  which    the   toast  proposes  for  my  reply  is 
one  full  of  deep  inter,      and  just  pride  to  every  citizen  of 
tiiis  State,  and  especially  to  one  who  is  to  the  manor  hern, 
whose  youth  and  manhood  have  been  passed  witlim  her 
broad  limits,  and  who,  during  a  life  of  n.any  years,  has 
watched  the  progress  of  her  people  and  the  increase  of 
her  power,  until   he  beholds  her  now,  in  nuuibcrs.  .u 
wealth  and  iu  resources,  the  first  among  the  prospero. 
States  of  the  Confederacy-settled  at  t^^^'^^";;'"^" 
of  the  sixteenth  century,  by  the  Dutch,  who  brough  wi 
them  the  love  of  Liberty  and  tbe  spirit  o^«»;'""^;;;;;j 
to  be  succeeded  by  the  English,  who  in  tl^-  ^  ^    ^^ 
the  same  love  of  Liberty,  the  principles  ot  the  t 
Law,  and  laid  deeper  on  this  favored  spot,  so  we    -   - 

timely  chosen,  the  foundation  of  a  F'^^lf  ^ j;^^^^^^ 
BuJt  was  left  for  the  descendants  of  b^^^ 

independence  of  the  mot  er  -^  ^  ^   J  ,,opted-to 
and  the  Constitution  of  the  United  o  ^^  ^^^.^ 

understand  and   estimate  the  unrivaled  posifo 


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"r   oonim,.|<-r,   iisiioiiltuiv  :ii|,|    ,1, 


peace.     Kroni  t|,at  „„„ ,t  ,„„  |„.  ,.,|,|  .„  ,, 

111  this  mntcxt  for  I'xlcri.lrd  co 
ill  licr  great  hoiks  of  int.T.nal 


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iiKLH  ai,„  .u,.|,  water  «„  „er  wester,,,  „„rtl„.r„  a,„l  .„-„.,„ 

""•'•'■•"*•  "'"'  .*'"   "-i'l"  -^t ">  l-Mlile-'  it.   ti.Ies  ar,.,„„l 

l,ercoiii,i,ere,aleity.„   the  south  ;  with  a  .,.,-,i|e  .,„   .,„ 
.-Iiica-,o.i    „„„,oroi„  an.l   prosperous  , ,,h.   i,   „„,  ,„. 

n^sau  that  the  l,,t  of  her, .i,i..,,s  is  ealtiu  ..,,:.,..■,,,.,., I 
.p"t.  rins  great  a.lvanee,  this  niiii.l  ri.se  to  p.nv,.,-  a,i  I 
pre,,tnes,  ,s  .|„e.  „,,,,  ,„  her  fortunate  ,,o.si,i'„,,  ,o  ,|,e 
oiiterpri.s,,,g  sp,rit  of  her  peoph,  ,„  ,,..,.  i;,,,.,,,,  ,„   „„. 

laws..,,,!    o„.st,iutiouof  herowii  au.l  the  (ieueralilov,  ,„- 
mcnt    a,,,,  ,„  „„  ,^,■,,,^  „f  u^,,^^^,  ^^,^.^^^  ^^.^^^^^^ 

■I mol.  es  her  people  a,„l  their  „i„U.rtakin.-s.     s,e,„hU  a,i,l 
..ou.llyshe  presses  lorward  i„  her  u.aich  to  pros,,;,;,,. 

,d.y  ..co„,h..,  h,  ,,«  enterprise  of  he..  '  ..u!.,  , 

skill  of  her  ,„ech„„,o.s,  H,e  thrifty  labor  of  her  uu.hau.l- 

n^eu,  an,,  ,hc  w„ie-sp,,.aj  i,„ellige„ce  of  !„.■  whol,. , p|„ 

In  peace  and  ,„  w,,r  she  has  ever  been  true  au.l  hiva  ,„ 
all  lier  ihities  an,,  obligations,  and  names  of  .enov.-,,  i,,,,!  „, 
honor  arc  and  have  bee.,  among  her  public  men.  M.iv 
.0  calamity,  no  intestine  feuds,  ever  .iistnrb  or  put  ,n 
peril  the  happiness,  p,.osperity  and  repose  of  sueh  ,  enu,- 
inilnity.  But  rather  may  her  course  be  onwar.l,  ever 
geuerou,,  ever  successful  „„d  iudepondent.  I  „„„|d  sav 
a  word  in  lonor  an,  in  respect  of  this  great  .itv  „i  the 
West-full  0  activity  and  of  all  „,„  ,,.,„,,,,,  „,  ^^,;.,.^  „,„, 
greatncs..     ^obIe  „,„  ,„,,,  ,,,j._„,^  ^^,^_^  ^^^.  ^ 

the  throne  of  those  who  cotnnn«o  *\  x.    •      . 

,1  ,  ,         •  compass  th(!  earth  m  t  if  pursuit 

of  honorable  gams,  whose  streets    in.  tlnn.       i         . 

bi  •    1     *  •  oiici.i.s   aio  tlironm'd  with  a 

u«y  and  inilustnous  iMdnln    ».i  .  ,  »««  «» 

ui  I        J       .      '     'P'<^'  ^^"ose  pubhc  charities  are 

nobly  endowed,  whose  uuhWo  o  i      /  •»«ni.N  an. 

J  I»ui)lic  schools  are  open  to  ujl— .  ^ 

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may  you  ever  be  equal  to  your  fortuiio  and  your  position, 
and  may  the  Almighty  hatid  which  has  so  far  favored  you, 
continue  to  watch  over  and  defond  you  !  I  will  concludr 
with  the  following  scntiniont  : 

«•  The  City  of  New  York — Tho  groat  haven  and  mart  of 
the  Western  World.  Unrivaled  in  position  and  distin- 
(Tuishcd  for  the  enterprise  of  her  merchants,  the  skill  of 
her  mechanics,  and  the  intelligence  of  her  citizens.  She 
feels  and  asserts  the  quickening  impulse  which  conunerce 
gives  to  the  principles  of  liberty,  to  the  spread  of  knowl- 
edge, and  to  enterprises  of  great  pith  and  moment." 

Tlic  ninth  regular  toast  was : 

"Our  City  of  T^rANiiATTAX— Foremost  of  America,  now 
placed  side  by  side  with  the  chief  cities  of  Europe ;  while 
we  strive  to  surpass,  we  will  be  friends  as  well  as  rivals." 

To  this  Mr.  Richard  Busteed,  Corporation  Counsel, 
responded.     He  said : 


li' 


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Mr.  President  and  Gentlemen  : 

The  extravagance  of  joy  befits  the  purpose  of  to-night. 
The  first  city  of  the  American  continent  speaks  her  con- 
gratulations  to  her  sister  cities,  upon  the  accomphshmcnt 
of  the  mightiest  wonder  of  all  tinm  !  The  Subn,arm  Tele- 
graph-a  fact  of  actual  science-crests  ""d-sturhed  upo 
i.  ocean  plateau.  A  greater  agency  than  steam  .s  la.d 
under  contribution  to  the  wants  ^^^^  -  '/^^^^^^  ,;„,,,, 
means  of  increasing  happiness  and  knov^ie  t, 
to  the  world.     The  subtle  fluid  of  the  gods  goes  upon 


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tho  orrnruls  of  mm,  nii<l  (inio  and  di^rnncp  arc  fj.r. 
inontH  of  tho  j)aHf.  The  dream  of  tl»c  ])ort  is  realiz.?!. 
Tho  iiuui«lat«!  of  Ohoroii  is  obeyed,  and  ere  the  h-viathau 
can  Nwim  a  league,  Agamemnon  and  Ni-gara  '»  put  a 
girdle  round  nbout  tho  earth." 

Wc  celebrate  to-night  the  carnival  of  all  religions  an 
of  nil  nations — the  carnival  of  mind.  *'Our  City  of  Man- 
hattan, foremost  of  America,  now  placed  side  by  side  with 
tho  chief  cities  of  Euroi>e,"  spreads  her  municipal  board 
in  honor  of  the  men  un  I  of  the  exploit. 

It  is  nuret,  sir,  that  the  great  city  which  is  our  host, 
aljould  thus  commemorate  the  occasion.  New  York 
should  not  be  silent — she  could  not  be.  Her  people  feel 
the  electric  thrill  and  arc  now  shouting  for  joy.  If  s^  <>nld 
be  8o.  No  ci(y  in  the  world  owes  more  to  science  and  the 
urts.  Sitting,  a  proud  queen,  upon  her  island  throne,  at 
the  confluence  of  two  rivers,  her  feet  bathed  by  the  ocean 
and  her  brow  fanned  by  its  breezes,  she  has  become,  and 
i«,  our  nation's  glory  and  pride.  Commencing  her  numi- 
cipal  oxistonce  in  1055,  with  a  population  of  seven  hundred, 
she  looks  down  to-night,  at  the  expiration  of  but  two  cen- 
turies, and  while  yet  in  the  infancy  of  her  career,  upon 
nearly  a  ".illion  of  inliabitants. 

# 

Her  commerce  visits  every  sea,  ami  the  flags  of  all 
nations  arc  vnfurled  in  her  harbor.  Her  wharves  and 
piers,  stretching  out  into  the  deep  waters  like  the  arms  of 
^  mighty  giant,  encircle  in  safe  anchorage  the  shipping  of 
tho  world.  "  Placed  side  by  side  with  the  chief  cities  of 
Europe,"  she  emulates  the  zeul  of  all,  and  is  outdone  in' 
Gnterpritto  and  liberality  by  mujo.  Whenever  and  wheri'- 
over  ho  MU»ity  calls,  hor  ai»swering  voice  is  heard ;  and 


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253 

whether  it  be  to  sccarch  in  polar  zones,  mid  regions  of 
eternal  ice,  for  a  lc5t  Franklin,  or  to  supply  a  famishing 
people  with  food,  her  Grinnells  and  her  Macedonians 
promptly  respond  to  the  demand.  "  While  she  rivals,  she 
befriends  her  compeers." 

Her  noble  charities,  her  public  institutions,  her  hos- 
pitals, her  homes  for  the  outcast  and  the  stranger 
within  her  gates,  her  Churches,  her  Univcrsitie-j  of 
learning,  her  parks,  her  free-schools  and  her  newspaper?, 
the  liberal  and  judicious  provision  which  she  provides  for 
recreation  and  instruction,  signalize  her  people  as  the  true 
type  of  American  Nationality.  The  city  of  New  York  is 
a  condensation  of  the  Republic.  Liberal  and  enlightened 
in  her  government,  tendencies  and  views,  she  draws  to 
•  herself  all  that  is  desirable  of  restless  energy  and  utilita- 
rian activity.  The  mart  for  all  the  wares  that  brain  or 
muscle  can  proffer  or  produce,  she  exacts  thought,  effort, 
labor,  skill,  and  she  rewards  than.  The  Cosmopolitan  city 
of  Christendom— a  social  and  moral  Mosaic,  whereof  the 
characteristics  of  every  clime,  blended  in  exquisite  har- 
mony, form  pavt.  The  ardor  and  fidelity  of  the  Irish- 
the  sturdy  steadfastness  of  the  English-the  gravity  and 
caution  of  the  Scot-^the  vivacious  and  scientific  genius  ol 
the  French-the  profound  intellect  and  untnmg  industry 
of  the  German-the  unpretending  but  effective  labor  o 
the  Dutch -and  the  artistic  capacity  of  the  Italian :  au 
these  mingle  with  the  genial  fervor  of  the  South  and  tb 
indomitable  perseverance  of  the  North.  I"  her  stre^t^  'J^ 
rich  and  poor  meet  and  mix  without  invidious  distinction. 

Honest  poverty  fears  no  offense,  ^^Vrhrhave"  character 
high  places  arc  within  the  reach  of  all  v^ho  nave 

capacity  and  courage. 


H! 


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2ot 


Witliont  tlu-  U'st  of  hirtl 


seek  1 


KT  \tri,U'vUi)^  a-;ri.s.    I„t„| 


J  or  riTr<],  s!„.  i;,>t.Ts  all  ul, 


«'raiit».' 


nioiDctit 
incut  Koon 


and  i 


ti 


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Fon'inost   of"  A 


ily  <li.s;inl)  hor  (jiiift,  hut  a  liralrl 
iv-ostablislies  hw  tiaiuiuilliiy.    '(;] 


tiiatiiiMn  mav 


ly  imltlir  v,..,i; 


Pc" 


■dco  ho  within  thy  hord 


MHMica!"    thy    80I1.S    ,1„    th.v    1 


'Minus    cify 


I'Oiiai: 


gates."     IJsfo  jwrprftffi. 
The  OJy  of  New  York  1 


lors,  and  prosprritv  wirliin  il, 


ject  of  our  j»roscnt  rejoicing.     If 


las  csj.ocial  interest   in  th.^  snl, 


York,  t\v«;nfv-tl 


iree 


^vas  in  the  eity  (,f  X,.\v 


confitnieted  the  ai>paratMs  wiiieh  d 


years  ago,  that  8anni.-l    F.  I',.  y\ 


•  MM- 


'"   "n"»'''Lns  wiiien  (Icnionst 

cahilify  of  the   teh^graph.     I„  one  of  fj 


lonst  rated  thr  pra.  ti- 


New  York   I 


n 


uersity  this  votary  of  8 


graiKl  idea,  and  the  hrst  and  fit'tinir  syjial 


the 

lightning  was— "Knreka."    It 
that  til 


le   rooms  ,,{    t|| 


f'leiicc  iiirarnatr.l 


lie  of 


I'f'CM 


nlr.I 


e  project  of  an  Aihnitic  Telegiapl 
At  the  house  of  Cyrus  W.  Field  the  j»! 


t 


was  in  the  city  of  X.w  V„rk 

>  \\as  coiicci\fi|. 

l>!au  was  horn,  imr- 


nred  and  n.atured.  New  York  was  the  hrst  to  f,..!  ,1„. 
qn.ckenn.i,  impulses  of  this  new  nerve,  and  th.^Ls  n- v 
Irom  centre  to  extremity. 

iVpend  upon  it,  sir.  our  city  will  accon.plinh  th. 
JM-ophecy  of  the  toast.  That  prophecy  is  an  ins-.ira- 
t.on.  Brought  nearer  to  the  cities  of  Kurop.  hy'thi. 
new  agency,  she  W//  nmintain  an  honorahh-  friendship  in 
the  nudst  of  an  active  rivalry.  She  will  fuihil  her  dest.ny 
in  a  spirit  of  n.ag,K..ni,nous  pride,  and  with  n  jusf  re^^ard 
to  the  nght8  of  cou.pKitors.    Already  tne  fifth  <  uy  cd  th. 

w-orld.  she  must  yet  he  the  first.    L  is  written  in  the  I k 

of  fate.  ^Ihus   in    peace    acquiring    h.r    prosperity    and 
power,  she  wdl   furnish  encouragement   and  exau.ple  for 

otliers,  and  sanctifv  her  own   .rre-.fnp«s   t..   fi  ] 

.  u\\  II  grcacncs.*5   to   tlu;   umversal 

good. 


255 


I  verily  bolicvc,  sir,  tliat  tlie  success  of  tlio  Atlniitic 
Telcffraph  will  mark  a  distinct  epoch  in  the  liistory  of  the 
race.    We  have  had  the  dark  and  the  iron  acfes  ;  the  \\\i- 
torian  will   signal i/e  this  as  the  telegraphic  ape.    The 
consequences  which  are  involved  to  man  in  this  latest 
power  are  as  yet  but  dimly  developed.    This  magic  net- 
work of  material  mechanism  l)elongs  to  the  future,  and 
vibrates  to  its  touch.     It  is  inconceivably  grand,  and  w  ill 
find  its  highest  triumph  in  this :— men  will  learn  to  war  no 
more ;  pruning-hooks  will  take  the  place  of  spears,  and 
swords  be  converted  into  ploughshares.    In  this  niilleiiiuiu 
New  York  uuist  share,  and  when  the  era  which  she  inau- 
gurates To-night  shall  be  among  the  things  tliat  were— 
when  a  far-distant  posterity  shall  occupy  our  places,  and 
unborn  generations  enjoy  the  advantages  of  which  this 
hour  is  the  harbinger,  how  sublime  will  be  the  spectacle 
of  nations  sitting  down  together  as  do  their  representatives 
to-night,  awarding  the  highest  )ionors  to  those  who  peace- 
fully increase  intellect)    I  victories. 

When  such  an  era  comes  to  bless  the  world,  posterity 
will  find  in  the  records  and  achievements  of  tins  liou. 
something  for  pride  and  glory.  Thenshall  people  of  every 
nation,  and  kindred,  and  color,  and  tongue,  obsen-e  an  ,  - 
violable  amnesty;  all  hearts  shall  beat  responsu^  -o  o 
pulse;  electricity  will  be  merchantable,  and  mulaicdmrcth 
's  amanuensis. 

Mr.  IJusteed  concluded  amid  reiterated  applause. 


woild' 


The  tenth  regular  toast  was  then  given : 

"  The  New  York,  Newfoundland  ^^'^^^''^'*j''''^„j  t'l.c 
GRAPH  Company— which  commenced  and  p«        '  ^ 


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2.50 

o  ln.k.„g  two  continents  to,..rlK.r  U.uJu  t,...  .,.  /  . 
have  done  nwc  for  the  civiIi..tiona„.l  ,.;.,,  ,,• ,,..  J;, 
than  «ny  other  compa.ues  which  ever  exi.te.l." 

'^hia  toast  was  respoii.led   to  bv  the   Unn     \ 
ScheM,  Collector  of  thi  Port  o.  New  y:;.  '  i';,'.  ■'j.'f:'^'"^ 

I  feci  Lonorcd.  Mr.  Prc.Icnt  an,l  gentle,,, |,v  ,„„r 

»ll  to  respond  to  „.„  to.„t  you  ,o  war,,,!,-  ..,.{  f,^ 
applaud.    I  ...all  not  detain  y„u  l,y  .hvelli,',.  „,„,,  ,    . 
groat    enure,  of  the  st„,,e„d„„s   ,-,.s„lr   wl,?,!, '„..• 
a^send,  ed  th,s  day  to  celebrate,  a„,l  whiel,  eo„„„,,„ds  ,1„. 
ad,n,r«t,on  of  rejoicing  nation,,  „or  l.y  ,raei„.  s,,,,  i.v 
step  the  labor,  and  diseoveri,.,  of  those  earnest  ami  ..atien't 
nion    of  thought-Franklin,    („.,.„,   A,,,,.,.,.,    'u  1 
Fa,  a,Iay,  Jackson,  I[e„,y,  a,„l  „„r  di,ting„i,l,e,la„,l  illi;,.' 
tno,„  Mor,e-to  whose  d,.velop.,ont,  teleg,.apl,i,.  s,.i,.„ce 
and  thi,  g,gant,c  climax  a,e  ,o  largely  i„del.    .1.    Tl„..e' 
though  co„„ccte.l  with  ,„y  thcne,  will  he  topi,.,  whirl," 
other,  of  more  congenial  pu,„,i,s  and  greater  h-i,,,,,.  will 
do  eloquent  justice  to.     But  I  will  bring  („  v„„r  con- 
«derat,on  a  few  words  upon  the  innnediate  suhj,'.,.,  „f  ,|,i, 

«nd  London  Telegraph  Cun.pany  and  the  Atlan.i,.  (■<„„- 

comi-leted  the  l,nk  which  binds  two  continent,  tog,.,„..r 
beneath  the  sea  Early  in  ,hc  spring  of  the  ;-..ar  I,.0,, 
five  gentlemen  of  New  Yo,k  met  at  the  residence  of  ooJ 
ofthcirnumber-awcll  known  and  liheral-hearl,.,!  ,i,i..„ 

^™  if  d  ^  r  f°"  "^  "  ~"''""'>-'  «''•■''  "'"■'  <■■"" 
inevitablo  failure -has  astonished  the  worhl  with  a,! 
.ch>evcn,ent  oo  gigantic  in  its  design,  ,o  ,„„„,ent  „s  in 


t    )!j 


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r*-|S 


r* 


257 


its  consequences,  that  the  mind  almost  loses  its  equilibrium 
in  the  contemplutio.n  of  it.    Thtsc  five  gentloincu  were 
Cvrus  W.  FicKI,  Moses  Taylor,  Peter  Cooper,  Marshall  0. 
Roberts  and  Ciiandler  White — the  residence,  that  of  Mr. 
Fiv'Id.    Here,    with    much   confidence,    but  more  hope, 
Ihey  made  the  first   subscription  and  assumed  the  first 
responsibility  of  the  great  enterprise.    The  comparatively 
modest  sum  of  ten  thousand  dollars  a  piece  was  thought 
would  be  sufficient  to  start,  if  not  prosecute  the  work. 
How  inadequate  this  starting  sum,  when,  after  repeated 
failures  and  darkening  prospects,  the  outlay  o'     ch  of  the 
survivors  of  this  brave  band  reached  nearly  a  quarter  of  a 
million  of  dollars  !     Eyrly  in  the  spring  of  1854  Cyrus  \V. 
Field,  Chandler  White  and  David  Dudley  I  ic.a  were  sent 
by  this  incipient  company  to  Newfoundland  to  procure 
from  the  Governor  and  Legislature  of  that  province,  then 
in  session,  a  charter   with  certain  privileges  and  powcn. 
The  Governor  promptly  responded  to  the  voice  of  the 
commission,  called  a  meeting  of  C^  Executive  Council, 
and  transmitted   a   message  to  the  L-gi«lature   recom- 
mending the  incorporation  of  the  Company,  a  provisional 
guarantee  on  the  interest  on  the  bonds  of  the  Company, 
and  a  grant  of  fifty  square  miles  of  land  in  aid  of  the 
Company.     At  onci  the  LegisUture  gave  it*  woction  to 
the  recommendation  of  the  Governor  and  ^""*'''^.|° 
three  davs  the  couimission  returned  to  New  ^o*  V^' 
.ke  chaner,   guarantee,  granW  of  ^f^.^^^,^ 
Whether  owing  to  the  perseverence  ot  3ir.  riei  ^^^^^^^ 

associates,  or  guided  b>  an  ^'^^'^^^'^^^  ^ '"L^uuet, 
the  authorities  of  Ne\"vfoundland  havt.  f^^     rcciatk/D 
evinced,  and  continue  to  evince,  the  bigh«t  app  ^  ^^ 
«f  the  purposes  and  objects  of  the  Company ;  ana 
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SOS 

alacrity  of  action  ami  inuriificeiit  donation  «lo  woowo  mudi 
of  the  early  and  Iatt;!r  huccoss  of  tin;  great  i>rojoct.     Two 
years  after  this  occunvnco  the  Company,  desirous  of  secur- 
ing the   co-operation    of  English  capitalists,    dispatched 
Mr.  Cyrns  W.  Field  to  London.     Kngh.nd,  not  less  than 
Newfoundland,  yielded   at  once  to   tlie  grandeur  of  the 
idea,  the  cogency  of  his  reasoning,  and  the  vigor  of  his 
efforts ;  and  the  balance  of  the  entire  capital  was  at  once 
subscribed,  and  through  his  agency  another  and  auxiliary 
Company  was  chartered  by  an  act  of  I'arliament.     Its 
shareholders  embrace   many  of  the  leading  scientific  and 
political  minds  an<l  greatest  capitalists  of  both  countries. 
The  two  companies  in  i)uri.ose  and  object  are,  I  am  in- 
formed,  a  unit,  co-operating  in  the  expenditures  and  efiorts, 
and  sharing  mutually  the  honors  and  rewards  of  the  glo- 
rious consummation.     IJcsides  the  subsidies  I  have  men- 
tioned, Newfoundland  has  made  an  additional  grant  of  fifty 
square  miles  of  land  to  the  Company  when  the  Cable  shall 
be  laid  from  Ireland  to  Newfoundland.     The  large  sub- 
sidies, also,  of  the  Englihl,  Government  and  our  own,  an<l 
the  active  interest  taken  by  both  in  the  success  of  the  en- 
terprise, are  well  known  to  you  all.     Under  the  favorable 
auspices  the  Company  .-nters  upon  its  career  of  usefulness, 
what  will  be  its  destinj  —what  its  progress  or  profits,  I 
shall  not  venture  to  calculate  or  predict.     Let  us  at  least 
wish  for  them  a  successful    management   and  enduring 
prosperity.     Among  the  many  names  eminent  in  scientific 
experiment   and   discoveries,  of  whose   labor  this  is  the 
•crowning  result,  it  will  be  seen  that  our  country  can  point 
Nvith  just  pride  to  an  honorable  proportion  of  our  country- 
•lien  ;  and  whatever  may  be  its  effect  on  the  great  business 
eommerce  of  the  world,  no  one  can   doubr  but  that  our 
own  c.ty  will  participate  as  largely  as  any  other  in  its 


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259 


substantial  benefits.  As  notliing  comes  by  ch.inco,  it  niav 
be  said  that  this  marvel  of  our  times  is  tlie  result  of  par- 
ticular agencies  which  have  existed  for  a  long  period  of 
time.  The  snlnnarine  plateau — the  milky-way  of  the  bot- 
^tom  of  the  sea — throughout  of  a  right  and  safe  depth  and 
width,  forming  a  bed  of  minute  shells  for  the  security  of 
the  submerged  Cable,  and  a  substance  discovered  in  a 
distant  land  by  which  alone  insulation  could  be  secured, 
besides  many  concurring  corollaries,  arc  of  marked  signifi- 
cance, and  teath  u  lesson  in  our  rejoicing,  that  while  we  em- 
ploy human  agencies,  we  should  not  forget  the  exalted  source 
from  which  sprang,  as  if  by  a  direct  emanation,  this  re- 
splendent, instantaneous  track  of  mind  from  continent  to 
continent,  from  nation  to  nation,  throughout  and  around 
the  habitable  globe,  lending  wings  not  only,  but  giving 
ubiquity  to  thought  and  events,  causing  everywhere  the 
profoundest  sensation  of  wonder  and  delight.  Mr.  Presi- 
dent and  gentlemen,  I  congratulate  you  that  we  live  in  an 
age  of  so  much  grandeur  of  discovery  and  accomplishment, 
of  such  exalted  consummation,  so  full  of  promise  to  the 
peace  of  nations,  of  enlightened  progress  and  of  connng 
illumination,  and  that  we  are  permitted  to  rejoice  with 
far-off  nations  as  if  they  and  we  were  at  the  same  festive 
board  ;  and  that  we  can,  by  a  flash  across  the  wires,  report 
even  to  them  the  justly  complimentary  toast  to  these 
Companies  at  the  moment  we  respond  to  it  here. 

To  the  eleventh  regular  toast— 

•■  T,n,  A,.r.  „K  P,.:ace-Now  crowncdwith i.nmort.n"»- 
tro  and  for  once  at  least  covered  «ith  greater  re«o»n 
ever  were  the  Arts  of  War," 


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2f)0 
Thfi  IIov.  Danikf.  E.  Sicklks,  ^f.  C,  rospondcc]  : 

IIo  concluded  atj  addrrss  of  iniicli  interost  by  rcadino'  the 

following  ♦'  Sou^  of  the  Flags,"  which   was  composed  by 

the  lit.  Uev.  Bishop  Doanc,  of  New  Jersey,   and   forwaid- 

".  ed  by  Telegraph  to  Rev.  Dr.  Ogilby,  of  Trinity  Church, 

with  a  request  to  have  it  read  at  the  Dinner : — 

The  We   led  Fi.aos— A  Soxo  ok  the  Caiuk, 

(Tho  Englisli  ntid  Amcricnii  flags,  displayed  togotlior  from  the  spire 
of  Trinity  Cliurcli,  were  bloAvii  across  earh  otiier  in  a  mutual  embrace.) 

•V 

Hang  out  that  glorious  old  red  cross — 

Hung  out  the  Stripes  and  Stars  ! 
They  faced  eadi  other  fearlcsbly 
-    In  two  Iiistoric  wars. 

IJut  now  the  Ocean's  circlet  .binds 

The  bridegroom  and  the  bride, — 
Old  England  and  Young  America  ! 

Display  them  side  by  side. 

High  up  from  Trinity's  old  spire 
•i  We'll  fling  the  banners  out ; — 

Hear  how  tho  world-w  ide  welkin  rinrrs 
With  that  exciting  shout ! 

Forever  wave  those  wedded  flags 

As  proudly  now  they  wave ! 
Clod,  for  tho  lands  his  love  has  blessed 

The  beauteous  and  the  bravo. 

IJutsce!    Tho  dallying  wind  tho  Stars 
.  About  tiio  Cross  has  blown  ; 

And  SCO,  again,  tho  Cross  around 

Tho  Stars  its  folds  has  thrown. 
Was  ever  Si^n  so  beautiful 

Hunn  from  tho  Heavens  abroad  ? 
Old  England  and  Young  America 

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Mr.  James  Brooks  responded  to  the  12tli  regular  toast, 
which  was  : 


"  The  Press — To  v>'hicli  the  Telegraph  is  both  minis- 
ter and  instrument ;  may  its  usefulness  be  always  equal 
,    to  its  powers." 

He  said : 

I  liave  accepted,  ]\[r.  President,  the  agreeable  duty  of 
responding  for  the  Press,  liecause  my  profession  of  jour- 
nalism is  under  the  greatest  obligations  to  the  magicians 
who  have  realized  not  only  tiie  lover's  but  the  journalist'a 
prayer,  in  the  annihilation  of  time  and  space ;  nay,  wiio 
have  done  more  in  giving  us  in  this  Western  World,  the 
news  of  the  morning  long  before,  in  the  translated  words 
of  Homer,  Aurora 

"  Iliis  sprinkled  witli  rosy  liglit  (onr)  dewy  Inwn." 

As  journalists,  now  we  can  sit  in  onr  attics,  and  there 
leaps  in  upon  us  through  the  coral  groves  of  the  oceans, 
the  yet  live  news  then  buzzing  through  the  alleyc  of 
Threadneedle.  street,  London,  or  surging  against  the  dome 
of  St.  Paul's. 

Magicians  I  have  called  those  men ;  and  arc  they  not 
magicians,  who  can  bring  to  us  at  noon-day,  on  the  banKs 
of  the  Hudson,  the  doings  of  the  antipodes,  of  the  JJran- 
nun,the  Hindoo,  the  Mohammedan,  on  tho  Ind-^' «"  t^« 

Ganges,  and  who  can  so  ^^ ^t^:;^^ 
to  make  us  fancy  we  really  see  the  rays  oi 
sun  that  p„,.p.c  L  peak,  of  the  Hi-»Xv«  1,  1 
same  moment   the  evening  clouds  \^^^^ 


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Alleghanies?  TIic  Gonitis  of  news,  the  newsmen,  flu; 
printer,  the  publisher,  no  won.ler,  are  inspinMl!— ami  all 
the  more  they  rejoice,  because  i.t  was  Franklin,  the  printer, 
who,  in  the  glowing  wonls  of  his  eulogist. 


"Eripilit  fiilincn  cn-lo,  sccptnunqiie 


inni<," — 


»'iiig  in  the 


Frankh'n,  the  printer,  ^^ho  caught  the  liglit 
cloM.ls,  sported  with  it  on   the  kite,  an.rnia.lc^it    run 
(lancmg  over  his  hghtning-ro.l,  into  the  earth.     And,  be- 
cause it  was  Morse,  the  printer,  who  took  the  liirhtiiin. 


into  his  infant  school,  taught  it  thee  its  letters,  ihni  how 
to  speak  an.i  how  to  spell !  And  Field,  tlie  paper-maker 
the  paper-seller,  who  wound  his  cable  around  the  bluster- 
ing amis  of  Ohl  Neptune,  and  from  the  rogue  wrenched 
the  Trident  of  the  seas  ! 

Three  great  events,  Mr.  President,  link  tlie  Old  World 
and  the  Xew.  In  14.52  the  world  was  only  Europe,  Asia 
and  Africa  ;  and  what  of  that  world  was  not  on  the  siiores 
ot  the  Mcliterranean,  was  about  all  in  Castile  an<l  Ana- 
son.  Then.  Christopiier  Columbus  left  the  little  port  of 
Paos  m  his  caraval,  a  coasting  craft  of  some  ninety  tons, 
and,  lamhng  on  San  Salvador  under  the  bniiner  'of  the 
cross,  handed  over  all  America  to  Ferdinand  and  Isabella. 
1  ho  w,M,l-tlie  latien  sail-did  all-this.  In  1S3S  the  little 
Bntish  ,t  Sirius,  Capt.  Roberts.as  bold  as  Columbus, 

von  uroa  from  the  highlands  of  Britain,  and  in  spite  of  the 
astounra  "^'-  '^  ""  '''''''y^  ^^''-^  ^  "-'^'tude  so 

that  iXy     s  ,        :r  "  "'  ""''''  ''"J"'  "^^" 

wave,  and  Old  Ir       7   ?7"""^  "'"'   '"^   ^^""' 

boon  shortened  t  ?'"'  "?'     ""''  ^'"^^^  ^"^  ^"^^ 

a.  and  there  yet  existed  space!    Then  started 


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the  conception  of  Field ;  then  Maury  and  Rerrymaii 
mapped  out  the  bottom  of  the  sea ;  then  the  genius  of 
Morse ;  ^.lien  the  generous  capital  of  New  Yorit  and  Lon- 
don's princely  merchants ;  tijcn  the  glorious  story  of  tlie 
Agamemnon,  the  Valorous,  the  Niagara,  the  Gorgon — nol 

"  Gorgon  and  chimera  dir?," 

—and  time  and  space  were  annihilated ! 

Now,  who  can  see  or  foresee  the  result  of  all  this?  Cot- 
ton, which  boasts  of  being  "  king,"  feels  in  this  extended 
electricity  new  pledges  of  sovereignty.  Rice  is  exultant. 
Tobacco  even  is  not  without  joy.  Gold,  ever  glittering, 
glitters  yet  more  and  yet  wider  in  the  sparkles  of  the  wire. 
But  I  see,  or  think  I  see,  it  is  the  Printer  who  is  to  win  the 
day,  and  through  him,  the  universal  Respcbucas.  The 
Electric  Telegraph  is  but  another  way  of  printing.  Its 
business  is  Letters.  It  lives  on  words,  thoughts,  i.loas ;  and 
is  a  pure  spirit— in  nothing  material.  Through  it  and  by 
it,  our  American  thoughts,  American  principles,  American 
precedents  are  to  flash  daily  into  the  dusky  rooms  of  St. 
James,  the  glittering  halls  of  the  Tuillcries,  the  majestic 
grandeur  of  ti«e  Escurial,  the  Austrian  Schonbrunn,  and 
the  Roman  Vatican. 

The  minarets  of  the  mosques  of  Constantinople,  and  the 
towers  of  the  Kremlin  are  to  be  lit  up  by  them.    No  "o" 
Guards,  no  Corps  Municipal,  no  fiery  Sun  t,or  wKl  to- 

no  crack  of  Minnie  rifle,  no 

mce  ofi"  this  g}  irit  impend 

1,  the  Czar,  the  Emperor,  m'  ^^^ 

air  all  breathe.     Hence  then  comes  a  "^'S"  / 


Guards,  no  Corps  Municipal,  no  nery  .. »  ■  ^^^^ 

sack,  no  crack  of  Minnie  rifle,  no  crash  ot  shen 
can  fence  off  this  sprit  i-Pon^erable,  .v.n*^^^ 
Queen,  the  Czar,  the  Emperor,  must  use  it  as  t  J^^.^^  ^^ 


antagonistic  principles-an  eq"«l'^^*''"  ^„  ,,  ^ver-^l 
fraternity  of  mankind.    Something  w  to  topp 


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Tvhosc  (hat  lomcthinrr  i.,,  no  Cassandra  at  a  dinner-table  like 
this  can  predict. 

But  sons  of  the  i,  w  world,  as  we  are,  the  pleasin-  re- 
flection  of  such  a  re-union  a8  this-whether  we  be  Anclo- 
Saxon,  German,  French  or  Spaniard-is  the  living  link  we 
"ow  have  with  our  fatherland.  The  Oennan.  the  world 
over  It  ,s  said.  w!.ether  on  the  Volga  or  the  Mississippi, 
.  chant-  the  song  of  Wolfgang  MuUer. 

Mcin  Hcrz  ist  am  Ijl.oiu,  en  liciiiiisclicn  Land 
Mein  Horz  ist  am  lil.cin.  wo  dei  AViegc  niir  stand. 

(On  (he  i:hine  i»  my  l.cnrt,  wlurc  ntloction  holds swar 
On  the  lihino  is  my  heart,  where  ..cradled  I  lay  )  ' ' 
Wo  ich  hin,  wo  ich  gchc,  mcin  llcrz  ist  am  Rhdn. 

But  oh,  with  how  n.uch  more  enthusiasm  may  we  Amer- 
icons,  hnglishmen,  Irishmen.  Welshmen,  Scotchmen, 
parted  m  Unfsh  Colonies  as  wide  apart  as  the  poles,  lav' 
our  hands  and  our  hearts  too  upon  the  Ocean  Cable,  and 
feclmg  Its  pulsati.  .s.  turn  our  eyes  homeward  to  our 
vaterland,  smgmg  forth  "  Home,  sweet  home,  there  is  no 

wo'rds  If  Sh  r""     ''^''  "'"  '"^  ^'^P  *«S^*h-  i"  the 
^ords  of  Shakespeare  and  of  Milton-we,  whose  mighty 

fi|phers   he  buned   together  in  the  consecrated  aisles  of 

Wcstmmster  Abbey-with  how  much  more  enthusiasm,  I 

^y.  may  we,  now  the  globe  encircling  in  words  and  wire, 

as  the  earth  rolls  on  its  axis-sing  together,  the  live  long 

day,  m  one  contmued  melody,  the  spirit-stirring  words: 

'•  God  save  the  Queen." 
V  "nail  Columbia." 


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The  thirteenth  and  last  regular  toast,  was — 

((  Woman — At  whose  feet  we  lay  all  our  triumphs ;  to 
her  we  owe  the  happiness  of  life  and  the  consolations  of 
home.     God  bless  her." 

Hon.  John  E.  Ward,  of  Savannah,  Ga.  (President  of  the 
Cincinnati  Convention  that  nominate'  Buchanan),  icpliod. 
He  said  he  did  not  know  how  he  should  respond  to  such  a 
sentiment,  so  flir  from  the  consolations  of  which  the  toast 
spoKe— Home.  But  they  might  be  forgotten  in  the  happi- 
ness which  the  Cable  demonstrations  here  had  given  tliose 
rho  had  come  from  af  o  w.tness  or  participate  in  them. 
Great  as  were  the  binu.ng  ties  of  the  Cable,  there  war.  a 
greater  tie  between  men  of  the  twc  hemispl.cres-Wonian. 
In  proper  terms  he  alluded  to  the  virtues  of  the  Qmen  ol 
Eroland,  and  declared  that  every  American  citizen  res- 
pected the  smile  which  played  around  her  lips.  A\  oman  s 
CO.  solution,  he  conclude.l,  would  ever  draw  nian  lo  home, 
ot  console  Iiiiii  in  absence  from  it. 

Tlic  following  volunteer  teasia  were  then  olTorod:    . 

■  By  Mr.  Cvuus  W.  F.E.P:  "The  -7  "f.^'f  ."^^  .^ 
the  United  States  in  the  enterprise  «f  ""'""f  *'';,f„° 
hen.ispheres-illustrated  by  .he  ""^"^^j   Arohibahl. 
Wilson  G.  Hunt,  an  Amenca..,  and  E(J«ard 
an  Knglishman." 

Loud  calls  were  h.re  made  for  tho«=  gentlomen.  but 
they  were  both  absent. 

■•  To  Wn,.  E.  Everett,  the  Engineer  -••;;;'^^;,'.';^f  f' 
by  whose  inventive  genius  the  tnuropn 


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It    IH    not  V«TV  offpii     til.    *I     i. 

wi.au.  ,,..,e.u>:!:;;:;::!::x'::r'''''' 

»"y  jrr,.„t  ad,i,.v...,„.„(.     The  .-Ion  ■  ""■""""■'"«  "'' 

".e  «.,.M.r,ii,„.„.,,  ,|,„„gl,  iuJi.,,,,,,,,  ,  ^'' '    '■'  '^"""■".  a...l 
^'-•^•n.    I  cannot,  l.owov.-r  a  c   l,o    ,'  "'"""^  ''"^■ 

'-« lavw,,.,,  .,„..,,,,  ,,„„,„,  J:;, ,;      '"-■■'■^'-  public 

"•""s  any  ,, art  of  ,|„.ir  reward  it  1^^  ^  '■""' '^''I'-r.or  .kill 
a"  ala,ri,j.  oxo.llcl  only  bv    ll  ,  '"  *•""'""'  »'"' 

wl.ieh  we  eelebrnte      r  !      "''"V"^'""  '"  the  o.V|,e,liti„n 

>'-i".™era,n;d,™;r^:ri?:''""^^  "'■'■'-- 

roeur  to  (I,p„,  spocilicillv  „f  m  ■  V  ""'  """*'>' '» 

'■■"predion  pr,.vinr  "t^;V'"^  'T'    ^  ''''''"™  "'•■"  "'" 

'S.^.  ie.von,.  not., aver     :i;t^;;"^ 

It  '8  i..<l.sputab!e  that  iu  the  intorv^M   f  ""  "'""'"■ 

«ocond  attempt,  constant  ^^^  '"'"'"  "'"  «™t  »'"! 

"■0  (^al.ie  ,0  it,:Cjr  "!;;;:";''^«"«  "■«  --in  np„n 
S-^^ '  of  Willian,  K.  E  erit        v""''^  •'  ''""  '»  "'« 

'!"■•  «.'arel,  bad  been  Mnsnccesfnl        iT  '"'^™'"'  "'"' 
S'.inc  frie,,,!,  of  the  ente  !       ,    '     "'  *'""  ""'  »'<""  »»"- 

"■vontion  of  Mr   Lnl  t'  r    ' '""  '"  ''^'^''■^'^'  """'  '""■ 
"--luleu,  un,ler»tan,linc,     '  L  "  ''''''"''"'"'  '"  ""''''"  "'" 

«»  "lo  unpractieed  the  „,er  t    ,'f'T""'''  "'"'"'^  '''«■'"""' 

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nai^^jxi  Miyjtii   l(M»i  :  mii  -o   Iua    hui.   ik^j    .»•  v»ut^    ...^ 

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ii!ii(i  mr.  v!i"  aiHi'*.'  'i  >JiiiiuN  h  h«|  .♦>»««■»'  «Ui.K^j.  ;.>» 
'•aiiiiir  o  III  'f!ir:u»i"ij>j'i  wm.Mi,  i»»  «♦.  »•  us  ;  w,.  .*»  v.-^ 
'i(iii«\  riiK  irrf'-iT  n'Mnli  ;;t)iii.,  i»>  »iftii  •».  «.,-| »•?;!*.■..  ;  ~-.  sv 
it  luniii  ui;i  iiriin,.  nDr';ijjitJ  'm*»».^-  v.*-.-.  «<  •>•■•/  <•'• 
MJuiin.  niifji,  x"fi:u:  Iii;u«h*  f»;r  mIu  i)i»j»,ii»«ii  A.  »«%♦..->«.». ~r.n. 
<ral»lu  liiym^ — .it;  nUin  trt^an  k'u*)io  iyMK-  ^k-v^A,  >V  'V'"''  *»• 
Ei'fliY'Tt..  PunniJ3  iiiff .  Xr.  B'vv<»iiii;i»)i,.\v  liU.  »i»NS«.  |m..»\^w 
:iiui  ill  duTiJiHL'  u-iuwruitwa  yt'  'S,  tw  tw.iCi,.  !u».v*,.-a    ^.w>. 

nliHJimMiir  ut' •i'y'fnr  •?ai:erprL.i«fK     !*•>».•  ^ •''••»••.  ««  '|Us.».i.«>.. . 
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8troye<l  navies  in  Syracuse^;  and  thus  applie,),  ir.  turns  thr 
«|>indlc,  it  drives  the  hammer,  and  it  nj.)ve.s  the  wheHs 
that  bear  along  the  massive  superstru.-ture  of  our  modern 
social  fabric.     Your  mechanic  is  your  true  hero.     Hr  is  i,, 
your  workshops  with  J.is  patents,  ,u  vour  fields  with  h^s 
machines.     He  is  to  be  found  in  your  mines,  teachiuLr  men 
how  to  prepare  the  metals  for  use;  he  is  to  be  foun.l  on 
your  hills,  directing  man  Jiow  to  remove  them  from  his 
path.     He  rides  upon  the  waves  and  chains  them  fa^t  •  h,- 
dives  to  the  bottom  of  the  sea,  and,  at  a  tho.ight,  snlM'.,.,s 
It  to  human  dominion.     He  is  the  motive  power  of  the 
world.     Though  science  may  demonstrate  what  can   1„. 
done,  it  can  be  done  only  by  mechanics.     Though  philos,,. 
phy  may  teach  that  nothing  is  impossible,  mechanics  aluno 
can  teach  /,oio  nothing  is  impossible.     It  is  a  beautiful  and 
instructive  allegory  that-familiar  to  our  school  davs- 
wlierc  the  Cretan  nymph  possesses  the  Grecian  hero  with 
a  clue  to  the  intricacies  of  the  labyrinth  through  which  he 
removed  the  symbolized  obstacles  to  a  union  of  Attica  with 
Crete.     May  we  not  apotheosize  the  hero  who  has  laid  the 
clue  possessed  of  which  all  the  world  again  is  kin  ?     Trulv 
8ir,  we  do  not  err  when  magnifying  the  far  reach  of  his 
comprehensive  mind,  who  of  his  philosophy  conceived,  and 
of  his  sublime  faith  confided  in,  the  theorv  of  a  western 
world;  and  yet  what  had  been   the  fruits' of  that  ^rand 
hought--what  the  destiny  of  that  grand  old  maiin;r  in 
n,  pathless  way  on  the  deep,  had  not  the  compass  taught 
7  »>ow  to  "Kteer  securely  and  .liscover  far?"     And  wlu^c, 
let  us  speculate,  had  still  been  the  abode  of  the  lightning- 

ITZ   n    V'  "^  ^"  "^^^  '^'V^^^--^  all  over  the 

of  Fr  nklt  '  ''"  ''''-'''''  "^*  *'-  '"-f^anical  genius 

"1   r  rank  in  conm  +^  *\        •  ^     ,.  .  .  ^ 

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lav'  it  under  bontls  to  man  ?  Sir,  many  ;.,iotlior  instance  is 
there  which  approves  the  mechanician  to  he  the  true  bone- 
factor  of  his  species.  Honor,  tiiereforo — again  [  say  honor 
tothfimau  whose  genius  taught  how  the  Cahh'  couM  l)e 
laid,  and  it  was  laid.  Sir,  there  are,  to  my  mind,  three 
eras  in  the  history  of  word-traveling.  The  first  imrodiiccd 
an  electric  current  which  bore  instantaneously  away  b(v 
yond  recorded  distance,  over  the  mountains  and  beneath 
the  seas,  human  thoughts  to  other  hmnan  thoughts.  The 
second  saw  men  moved  to  gracious  accord,  capital  eoUected 
and  bestowed,  and  labor  and  perseverance  applied  to  the 
accomplishment  of  the  noble  enterprises  of  the  Telegraph. 
The  third  witnessed  the  Immble  and  careful  approach  of 
the  mechanical  arts  to  the  assistance  of  the  greater  science, 
and  behold  the  consummation.  There  they  stand-Morse 
the  inventor,  Field  the  executive,  Everett  the  mechamcian; 
and  so  will  they  be  held  in  enduring  remembrance. 

By  Mr.  Joseph  Hoxik  :  "The  late  naval  engagement 
between  her  Majesty's  war  steamer  Agamemnon  and  the 
United  States  frigate  Niagara-the  only  one  on  record  u. 
which  both  were  victorious." 

The  following  toast  by  Joi.N  D.  Jonts,  Esq.,  «astl,™ 
announced  : 

..  The  United  St^^^O»'^^''-^'-''r;Z!,^ 
man-Thc  nation  will  not  soon  forget  then  .1  ™ 
en;,rts  in  favor  of  the  enterprise,  the  .uccess  of 
now  celebrate." 

rrof.  mc„.  responded,  ^''^'''"'iX'^^- 
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•lictcd   failiiro,  oxeopt  at    t)ir  fiino  wl.ori  the    n.tcrpri.,. 
proved  siicccRsfnl.     Ho  said  : 

Olntm:mi:n— I  wish  I  ro.il,!  say  .trontlemen   an.l  ladios 
—I  road  ill  a  paper,  puMishod  iierhaps  in  Albany  ;--v,.s 
it  <vas  the  orpan  of  iUo.  tri.nnviratc  who  govern  tlie'  Tni< 
trcs  nf  the  Dudley  Observatory,  (Trustees,  lucn.s  a  nn„  h,. 
rrW.,)-that  the  Coast  Survey  was  opposed  to  the  Atlantic 
IHe-raph,  and   yon,  en.phaticallv  its   friends,   toast   the 
Coast  Survey.     There  is  certai,.lv  a  n.istake   somewhere 
Let  Mr.  Field,  Mr.  Cooper,  and  Mr.  Hunt  d«>ci.le  where  it 
hcs  !     It  ,s  not  given  to  all  to  die  for  a  cause,;  n.anv,  n.ar.v 
live  for  It,  and   more   n.ay  serve  it.     We  have  the'lij.rhest 
authority  for  knowing  that  one  or  two   talent.,   rightly 
used,  may  meet  with  appreciation   and  even  with  reward. 
Consistently,  from  the  beginning  to  the  end,  has  the  Coast 
Survey  been  ready,  by  all  lawful  means,  to  serve  this  irn,,t 
enterprise.     Witness  the  last  year's   labors  of  Ikrrvman. 
Witness  other  unpretending  efforts  well  known  to  Matthew 
and  to  Cyrus  Field.     None  have  rejoiced  with  a  deeper  svn- 
pathy  than  the  officers  of  the       ist  Survey  in  the  glorious 
success  which  has  crowned  the  undertaking.     For  myself, 
I  can  tr.dy  say  that  no   heart  glowed  more  warndy  and 
was  more  filled  (beyond  these  of  the  hallowed  family  circle) 
by  the  glories  of  the  civic  triumph  of  yesterday,  than  mv 
o^vn.     J  rne,  the  triumvirate  say  that  heart  is  bad,  I  am  an 
unacrupnious  man,  a  tyrant.     What  say  the  officers  of  the 

frZ    Tl?'""  '^"'^     ^'   ^^""'^  "«*  ««'"«  mistake,  n.y 
'"ends  ?     Has  a  tyrant  such  friends  ? 

of  Franklii  'science,  inoculated  by  the  warm  zeal 

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barks  of  the  Schuylkill    .-ar  Philaclclpl.ia.  to  hoi,!  an 
electrical   feast.     Our  rn. ,    ors  were  quaint  n.  .o.n.  ot 
their  sayings  and  do..gs.    i>art  of  the  '^ay's  prognn.n.e- 
(thev  didn't  call  it  s.N  -   -as  to  pass  an  ole.    .charge 
hrou'^hthe  river,  .nd  .v  the  shock  to  procure  ..c  djs^, 

w     Lfo^race   c    '       .d  of  the  tahle.    It  uas  on  th.8 
that  was  to  grace   c  , 

occasion  tl.c  laughing  ph.losophcr    ^"l!"       /;;[,,„ 

of  tl,c  electric  current  thro,.sn  »"  "P""^  '     ^„, 
Upon  what  a  magnificent  ^t"  "V    Iln  1    opher. 
plL  in  this  century !    Instead  of  a  f-v  »  -pk  pi ' 

Leting  in  sport  or  mirth,  «-  -F-Xtlport.  of 
great  nations  exchange  greetings  o  j^  (,,„ 

Ue  an4  good.vilh  — e  W^R  .nVthc  Worhl.. 
wide  Atlantic.     Our  F.eld  is  the  vv  ^^__  ^^^^^^ 

And  yet  the  popular  voice,  speaking  t  hrg  ^^__^|,^_^ 
of  yesterday,  acknowledge  t-'ej-  j^^,,  \,  Hud- 
While  cuing  every  honor  to  F'"!''- »  _  ^^  BHght, 

son,  .nd  Preedy.and  Pay">»"' J"  ^,4„.„)  n,„ro, 
u,  d  Brett,  and  Everett,  and  W"od  ousc,  ^^  ^.^  ^^^  ^^^ 

for  there  is  glory  «"<»'Sl'  '»[»•,  j,e„  York  who, 
voice  recognise  the  claims  of  *''•'"„,,    jrterrai»«d 
wnen  BarLw  found  the  telegraph  "nP«.^^„^„,,pU 
the  laws  which  rendered  it  ™««"''V  I' 
Henry?     To  every  one  his  meed. 

1  f  that  Franklin  had  anj 

Gentlemen,  you  hardly  thoug^^  th  ^^^  ^  __^^  .^         . 

direct  agency  in  laying  this  C.ble.  ^^^„  nigM-  »• 

man,  wh'o  rivals  the  .r.^;;y;i^^^^ 
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customer  of  his  assures  him  that  Fratikliii  lias  (h'votnd 
himsi'lf,  ill  th«'  Spirit  \vorl«l,  in  an  csjiccial  wav,  to  this 
uiulertakin<:,  and  that,  being  recently  ai<Ie<l  by  one  a  hose 
I088  in  thi8  upper  worhl  we  Ktill  deeply  deplon-,  ho  has 
brought  this  enterprise  to  a  successful  issue. 

Oentlemen,  the  survey  which  you  have  just  lionored 
now  presents  a  ^jontinuous    triangulation  from   Jlachias 
to  the  northern  boundary  of  South  Carolina,  and  thence, 
with  a  few  links  only  wanting,  to   the  8t.   Johns.     If  we 
rouM  have  the  prosperous    times  which  preceded  IS'",?, 
we  should  show  you   in  twelve  years  a  land  and  water 
survey,  completed,  of  the  whole  Atlantic  and  Gulf  coast, 
with  considerable  progress    towards  completion  on    tin; 
Pacific.     We  have  rendere.l  ii  certain  that  the  entrance  to 
your  port  has  not  deteriorated,  but  has  rather  improved, 
within  the  last  twenty   years,  and    have    furnished  the 
materials  by  which  your  own  citizens  havQ  secured  your 
noble  harbor  from    suicidal   encroachment.     The   nation 
sees  and  hails  the  future  of  this  great  port,  when,  con- 
nected fully  witli  the   Pacific  by  railroad  and  telegraph, 
as  it  is  now  with  Europe  by  the   Cable,  it  shall   become 
the  commercial  conire  of  the  world !     Emphatically,  with 
the  Telegraph,  there  is  no  East,  no  West— only  a  centre. 
Time  itself  shall  be  no  more  ! 

Amid  the  thunders  of  Sinai  the  still  small  voice  could 
be  heard,  and  amid  the  roar  and  din  of  the  world's  sdife 
and  contention,  comes  the  voice  of  peace  from  mother  and 
daughter,  aiMl  the  quick,  sympathetic  response,  the  electric 
KiKH  <.f  America  and  Creat  Britain. 

I  u"«m1  to  think  triangulation  ("nothing  like  leather") 
>^a8  the  great  connector  of  capes,  and  hea.JIands,  and  conv 


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,„t8  but  now  I  know  it  ia  the  Cable,  and  we  ot  the 
L  Survey,  under  the  enlightened  head  of  tl,e  Treasury 
D  partment.  have  been  ready  now  these  two  year,  ana 

1  standing  in  eager  expectation  over  our  trans.ti.  and 
TJXTs  "  double  shotted,  pricked  and  primed,  port 
Tfy'r^atct  lighted,"  waLg  only  the  word  fro. 

:li::::Ctregiorfesofye«;o-^^^^^^^^ 

.„  range  is  from  America  to  Europe.  ^^-^^  *«  " 
..pai  n  in  Washington,  ^^^^^^^tl 
the  Dudley  Observatory  «<'''^"f  >];",,,,„,,  .„d 
off,  we  will  "beat  *»  V'^^^f  ':»"> '^^  ""n^,,  v„rk 

and  of  the  country,  and  make      b  ^cno- 

Cyrusof  the  Kineteenth  «™'"7    "   Jf„  ^  ballist.. 
phon!)  with  the  rock  rotor  ready  for  use  m  our 

„,i  mide  the  following 
Mr.  Peter  Cooper  then  rose,  and  made 

remarks:  .     ^^^^ 

GENTLEMEN-It  -^Wl  be  ^'"PO^f  |;Jf  ^^^^^^^  fruttcr- 

and  expression  to  feelings  that  strugg^  ^^  ^^^^^^^  .^  ^^„ 

ance.    The  occasion  which  has  cai  ^^  ^^^  ^^^|a 

of  such  vast  and  imrr'^asurable  imp      ^^^  .^oteiDplation 

that  the  n.inds  of  all  au   'ewiWerea     ^^^   ^^^^^^^  j,,e 

of  its  results.     That  an  electric  po  .^^^  ^^ery 

world's  heart,  l    -ing  r"^«^***^"'  1  of  every  region  ^vith 

fibre  of  the  body,  inspiring  the  peop  ^^^  ^^^  ^M 

a  joyful  hope  of  a  brighter  and  ^^^     1^^^  „,o.tfac.le 

is  a  fact  which  may  well  tax  t^^^^^f  import.    The  day 

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will  come  when  knowledge  shall  take  the  place  of  igno- 
rance—when science  shall  have  developed  the  laws  and 
methods  of  Deity — when  Christianity  shall  spread  over 
the  world,  having  its  foundation  on  God  our  Father,  and 
the  world  of  mankind  be  brethren.  Then  a  universal 
charity  will  arise,  growing  out  of  a  better  knowledge  of 
the  power — the  mighty  power  that  the  circumstances  of 
birth,  education,  and  country  have  exerted  in  the  forma- 
tion of  all  the  differing  characters  and  conditions  of  man- 
kind. I  will  not,  gentlemen,  occupy  your  time  with  a 
history  of  the  rise  and  progress  of  the  company  which  I, 
in  part,  have  the  honor  to  represent.  It  is  sufficient  to 
know  that  the  labors,  expenses,  and  hazards  encountered 
in  the  progress  of  the  work  have  at  last  electrified  tlie 
world  with  success — a  success  that  will  shed  an  endurin"^ 
lustre  on  the  enlightened  Governments  that  have  lent 
their  powerful  aid,  and  on  all  that  noble  band  of  officers, 
sailore,  eleciricians  atjd  engineers,  by  whose  united  efforts 
the  glorious  prize  has  been  secured  for  the  world.  May 
they  ever  be  rewarded  with 

"The  soul'd  calm  ennshiiie  and  tlie  lieortfelt  joj 
That  nothing  earthly  gives  or  can  destroy." 

Gentlemen,  I  will  give  you  as  a  sentiment : 

"  The  Atlantic  Cable — The  longest,  strongest,  and  sur- 
est bond  to  keep  the  peace  of  nations." 

Several  other  volunteer  toasts  were  given,  among  them 
the  following : 

"  Fkanklin  and  Morse— The  one  was  a  Prometheus, 
the  other  a  Cadmus  to  the  lightning  of  Heaven ;  one  brought  \ 
down  its  forked  javelin  from  the  clouds,  the  other  made  it 


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a  pen  and  taught  it  the  syUables  of  human  speech  and 
universal  brotherhoocl." 

By  James  Hauper,  Esq. : 

««  American  Exterprise— Give  it  a  fair  Field,  and  it 
will  be  sure  of  success  where  Everett  goes." 

Bv  General  Hall  : 

"  The  Chimes  of  Old  Tul^ity — They  arc  the  same 
old  bells  presented  to  Trinity  Church  when  the  diocese 
was  first  instituted,  and  for  the  first  time  in  three-quai ters 
of  a  century,  they  pealed  forth  the  national  antliom  of 
Great  Britain,  "  God  save  the  Queen." 

By  Henry  O'Reilly,  Ecq. : 

"Lieut.  Maury,  of  the  American  National  Obser- 
vatory—The  indefatigable  investigator  of  the  winds  and 
currents,  and  soundings  of  the  ocean,  which  have  made  iiia 
name  known  and  honored  throughout  the  world ;  whoso 
researches  have  occasioned  the  designation  of  that  wonder, 
ful  submarine  '  Plateau,'  which  will  forever  bear  his  name 
in  connection  with  that  glorious  nuccess  of  the  •  Atlantic 
Telegraph,'  which  the  whole  civilized  world  is  now  si- 
multaneously celebrating." 

Councilmen,  being  called  upon  for  a  toa.t,  .far .  few  .p- 
propriate  remarks,  gave 

"  The  health  of  Professor  S.  F.  B.  Uom." 


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By  IIoMKB  Fjuxklin,  Lsq. : 

"The  Anglo  Saxons  of  the  East  and  West — the  Joint 
Committee  on  the  World's  Commerce.  They  report  prog- 
gress  •  on  a  string.'  May  their  future  *  reports '  be  eijually 
creditable  to  England  and  Am^ica." 

This  was  followed  by 

"  Captain  Otter,  who  lighted  the  fires  and  led  the  way 
to  Trinity  Bay.     We  do  him  honor." 

"  The  New  York  Press  and  its  attache  upon  the  various 
Trans-atlantic  Telegraphic  Expeditions.  All  honor  to  the 
•  Historian  of  the  Expedition.'  " 

Mr.  Clancey,  President  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  be- 
ing called  upon,  introduced  Mr.  Augustus  J.  H.  Duganne, 
who  recited  the  following  ode,  composed  by  himself  for  the 
occasion : 


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HTMN 
Par  the  Laying  of  tho  Atlantic  Telegraph  Cable. 

BT  AVOUffTUS  J.    II.    DL-QAintS. 

Oh,  Jehovah !  oh,  Elohirn  I  be  the  glory  nil  thine  own! 
For  the  stars  in  raarvellous  courses  nre  but  Voices  from  thy  throne  I 
And  tho  tones  of  mortal  dwelling,  and  the  oceans  as  they  roll, 
All  obey  Thee,  all  adore  Thee,  Master  of  the  Immortal  soul ! 

Thine  tho  chart  the  Chaldean  pondered,  'mid  his  orient  skiej  unfurled, 
Thee  the  tortured  Galileo  poised  above  his  "moving  world :" 
Thee  Copernicus,  enraptured,  magnified,  with  dying  praise. 
And  the  adoring  Newton  saw  Thee— Ancient  of  Creation's  Days. 

Thine  tho  Name— oh,  Lord  of  Wisdom— Thine  the  Word  of  Life  divine ; 
First,  in  mystic  joy  and  trembling,  matrized  by  the  German  Trine, 
While  tho  souls  of  mouldered  ages,  in  their  old  Imperial  dress, 
Wdl^e\in  grand  transfiguratiou,  through  the  portals  of  the  Tress  ^ 


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Lo!  the  Bunbeam  limns  onr  features;  Fire  nnd  Air  wo  yolce  to  toil ; 
Yea,  the  lightning  from  tlio  footstool  we  haveclinine<l  in  hurtlcM  coir 
Thou,  oh,  God,  o'er  Franklin  bending,  gave  to  him  tli'  electric  flame, 
And  with  cloven  tongues  exultant,  Morse  JeclareJ  Tlij  Holy  Nojue! 

Scrolled  beneath  the  sundered  ocean— scored  by  lightning's  awful  pen— 
"  Glory  unto  God,  tlie  Highest!   Peace  on  Earth,  Good  Will  to  Men '." 
Land  to  land,  in  mingling  currents,  sways  and  thrills  with  loving  fear, 
''Where  nrtTliou  ?"  the  Old  World  whispers,  and  the  New  World  mnr- 
murs  "  Here !  " 

« 

Here  th'  elastic  Heart  of  Nations- here  th'  eternal  core  of  Right: 
Radiant  from  their  burning  centre  flash  the  veins  of  Freedom's  ligiitl 
Girt  with  all  the  world's  great  waters — circled  far  by  all  the  lands — 
Marked  by  eacrcd  Line  and  Plummet— God  our  destiny  commands. 

Father!  God !  we  faint— we  falter !    Lord  of  elemental  powers- 
Grant  us  that,  with  God-like  wisdom,  child-like  humbleness  be  onrs! 
Thou  hast  made  mankind  vicegerent  o'er  the  realms  of  mind  supreme 
Be  our  hearts  Thine  earthly  altars-be  Thy  wondrous  love  our  Theme 

After  which,  the  party  broke  up,  all  well  pleased  with 
both  the  material  and  the  mental  entertainment  that  had 
been  afforded  them. 

Among  the  features  of  the  evening  was  a  telegraphic 
machine  of  the  American  Telegraph  Company,  which  was 
placed  in  the  corner  of  the  room,  just  inside  the  door,  and 
was  kept  in  constant  operation  all  night  by  Mr.  J.  K.  tai- 
vert,  who  transmitted  and  received  several  messages  to  and 
from  Halifax  for  Mr.  Field  and  others.  The  machmo  wa» 
connected  with  the  telegraph  wire  on  Broadway,  m  expec- 
tation  of  the  receipt  daring  the  evening  of  a  message  from 
the  Lord  Mayor  of  London,  but  it  did  not  arrive. 


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JHE   LAST   PYROTECHNIC    DISPLAY. 

Whilgt  the  guests  at  the  dinner  table  were  indulging  in 
the  multifarious  luxuries  which  the  larder  of  the  "  Metro- 
politan "  affords,  the  populace  were  feasting  their  eyes  on 
a  display  of  fireworks  at  the  City  Hall.  This  exhibition 
was  prepared  under  the  superintendence,  and  at  the  cost, 
of  Mr.  John  "W.  Hatfield,  and  was  witnessed  by  an  im- 
mense throng  which  crowded  the  jiark,  and  every  place 
adjoining,  from  which  anything  of  tlie  exhibition  could 
be  seen.  The  programme,  as  carried  out,  was  as  fol- 
lows : — 


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1.  The  commencement  was  announced  by  the  discharge 
of  signal  rockets,  followed  by  balloon  ascensions. 

2.  An  eccentric  piece,  opening  with  a  double  wheel  in 
various  colors,  changed  to  a  pyramid  of  horizontal  wheels, 
which,  after  assuming  numerous  changes,  terminated  with 
a  beautiful  representation  of  a  weeping  willow. 

3.  Flights  of  shells  of  various  colors. 

4.  The  Star  of  America,  beginning  with  a  vertical  wheel 
in  green  and  gold,  changed  to  the  Star  of  America  in  silver 
lancework,  with  crimson  rosettes,  and  concluded  with  a 
doubly  star  in  golden  fire. 

5.  Batteries  of  colored  candles. 

6.  A  beautiful  mechanical  piece  opened  with  three  hori- 
zontal wheels ;  changed  to  three  vertical  globes,  which,  by 
their  combined  motion,  represented  the  annual  and  diurnal 
movements  of  the  earth,  showing  the  ^various  lines  in  scar- 
let, purple  and  green  fires. 


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7.  Display  of  bomb-shells. 

8.  Flight  of  rockets. 

9.  An  appropriate  motto  piece,  opening  with  a  vertical 
wheel ;  changed  to  a  motto  suitable  to  ihe  occasion. 

10.  Batteries  of  fire  pumps. 

11.  Grand  gallopade  of  serpents— a'l  extensive  gyra- 
tion piece,  the  centre  portion  of  the  device  representing 
four  large  serpents,  each  introducing  four  sniallar  ones, 
taming  reversely,  and  assuming  a  variety  of  lively  and 
fanciful  chaiiffos. 

12.  Display  of  shells  in  gold  and  silver  fires. 

13.  A  most  superb  and  extensive  mechanical  piece, 
opening  with  circ\imfused  wheels,  changing  to  aii  elegant 
scroll  in  silver  lancewciv,  surrounded  by  icvolving  fluns, 
exhibiting  an  immense  mass  of  moving  fire,  and  showing 
at  one  view  all  the  various  colored  fires  at  present  known 
in  the  art  of  pyrotechny. 

14.  Immense  flight  of  rockets  of  various  colors. 

15.  ^he  Kaleidoscope;  comraencing  with  a  double  tri- 
angular wheel  in  red,  green,  and  mazarine  blue  fires;  chfing- 
ing  to  the  kaleidescope,  which  is  formed  by  the  combined 
revolutions  of  various  complicated  figures;  concludiufi 
with  a  double  revolving  sun  in  Chincee  fire,  reported. 

16.  Volcanoes  of  colored  fires. 

17.  Shells  of  stars,  serpents,  gold  rain,  &c. 


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18.  A  curious  cycloitlal  whool.  Conimencint:  with  a 
larga  scroll  wheel  of  every  possible  color,  chaiipinjr  to  tho 
cycloid;  cycloid  formed  of  innumerable  rings  of  evepv 
conceivable  color,  and  representing  a  most  iiitricaf.'  and 
pleasing  device,  formed  by  the  mechanical  movofnents  of 
the  various  fires  employed.  Concluded  with  a  geometrical 
figure  in  brilliant  fire,  marooned. 

19.  Motto  piece,  in  brilliant  colored  laiicos. 

20.  Brilliant  illumination  of  the  entire  front  of  the  Citv 
Hail.  ^   ■ 


21.  Grand  finale.     The  layinj^  of  the  Atl.-.ntic  Cable. 
In  this  piece  some  new  principles  were  attempted  for  the 
first  time  in  the  pyrotechnic  art ;  the  open  portion  repre- 
sented the  Niagara  and  Agamemnon  in  the  centre,  with 
the  tet.'dcrs  Gorgon  and  Valorous  ahead ;  on  the  extreme 
ends  of  the  piece  were  two  light    houses  connected  by  a 
line  of  rolling  waters,  on  which  the  ships  slowly  moved 
towards  their  destination ;  on  arriving  at  which  the  centre 
was  suddenly  transformed  into  r,  magnificent  temple  of 
science,  in  all  the  splendor  of  the  dazzling  color?,  assisted 
by  all  the  mechanical  contrivances  of  which  the  art  is 
capable.     Canopied  by  an  arc  of  stars  which  rested  upon 
revolving  columns,  upon  whose  base  were  recorded  the 
names  of  Franklin,  Morse  and  Field,  appeared  a  group  of 
figures  representing  Science  uniting  Columbia  and   Bri- 
tannia.   Over  these  was  an  entablature  with  the  motto : 
"The  electric  flash  shall  belt  the  earth."     The  crowning 
portion  showed  the  American  coat  of  arms,  in  which  was 
entwined  the  Union  Jack  with  the  Stars  and  Stripes. 

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science  over  time  and  space,  it  was  found  desirable  to 
employ  electricity,  thus  creating  an  actual  as  well  as  an 
imaginary  current  through  the  entire  length  of  the  piece. 

The  whole  concluded  with  batteries  of  candles,  flights 
of  rockets  and  bomb  shells,  filling  the  air  to  a  great  dis- 
tance with  colored  stars,  gold  rain,  fiery  meteors,  ser- 
pents, ccc. 

And  so,  in  the  city  of  New  York,  were  terminated  the 
public  rejoicings  in  honor  of  the  successful  submersion  of 
the  Transatlantic  Cable. 


On  the  1 1  th  November,  the  following  communication 
from  his  Honor  the  Mayor  was  received  by  the  Board  of 
Aldermen,  and  referred  to  the  Joint  Committee  on  Celebra- 
tion : 

Mayor's  Office, 
New  York,  November  11, 1S5S. 

To  (he  Honorable  the  Common  Council : 

Gentlemen— I  have  the  honor  to  transmit  to  your  Hon- 
orable Body  a  copy  of  a  communiwition  received  by  me 
from  Lord  Napier,  Her  Britannic  Majesty's  Minister  Pleni- 
potentiary, at  Washington,  expressing  fo  the  members  of 
the  Common  Council  and  myself  the  thanks  of  iler  Bla- 
jesty's  Government  for  the  part  taken,  at  the  celebration 
and  festival  in  commemoration  of  the  first  estabhshmeno! 
electric  communication  between  Great  Britain  and  he 
United  States,  by  the  civic  authorities  of  th«^\*J' '"[^8^^^^^ 
to  her  Majesty',  officers,  as  well  as  for  the  manifestation  of 


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friendly  feelinga  on  the  part  of  our  citizens  towards  Great 
Britaio. 

I  need  not  add  the  pleasure  I  experience  in  submittinir 
this  communication  of  Lord  Napier,  manifesting  as  it  dots 
those  friendly  sentiments  which  so  happily  exist  betwven 
our  own  country  and  the  great  nation  which  he  so  ably 
represents. 

DANIEL  F.  TIEMANN, 

Maijor. 
(Copy.) 

IIi:r  Britannic  Majesty's  Legation, 
Washington,  November  7,  18oS. 
Sir— It  was  my  agreeable  duty  to  submit  to  Her  lila- 
jesty's  Government  some  account  of  the  festival,  held  at 
New  York,  in  commemoration  of  the  first  establishment  of 
electric  communication  between  Great   Britain  and  the 
United  States,  and  to  remark  upon  the  cordial  sentiments 
which  were  evinced  on  that  occasion  by  the  Municipality 
and  the  inhabitants  of  the  city  towards  the  Sovereign  and 
the  people  of  England. 

I  am  now  instructed  to  express  to  your  Honor  and  to 
the  members  of  the  Common  Council  the  thanks  of  Her 
Majesty's  Governiuent  for  the  part  taken  at  that  celebra- 
tion by  the  civic  authorities  in  regard  to  Her  Majesty's 
officers,  as  well  as  for  the  generous  manifestations  of 
friendly  feelings  on  the  part  of  the  citizens  towards  Great 
Britain. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be.  Sir, 

Your  most  obt.  humble  servant, 

-    NAPIER. 


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